# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alfredo-ormando
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:48:36.211Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alfredo-ormando"
name: "Alfredo Ormando"
slug: "alfredo-ormando"
description: "Alfredo Ormando was a gay writer from Palermo who died as a result of setting himself on fire outside Saint Peter's Basilica. His self-immolation was an act of protest against the Roman Catholic Church's teaching on homosexuality."
tagline: "Italian writer and gay rights activist (1958–1998)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/2001-01-13_3_Alfredo_Ormando.jpg/330px-2001-01-13_3_Alfredo_Ormando.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1958-12-15"
deathDate: "1998-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.77
  momentum:             0.06185567010309279
  historical:           11.835136
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Ormando"
    title: "Alfredo Ormando"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Ormando"
    title: "Alfredo Ormando"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Ormando"
    title: "Alfredo Ormando"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Ormando"
    title: "Alfredo Ormando"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Ormando"
    title: "Alfredo Ormando"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Ormando"
    title: "Alfredo Ormando"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Ormando"
    title: "Alfredo Ormando"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Ormando"
    title: "Alfredo Ormando"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredus_Ormando"
    title: "Alfredus Ormando"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Ormando"
    title: "Alfredo Ormando"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Ormando"
    title: "Alfredo Ormando"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE"
    title: "Ормандо, Альфредо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Ormando"
    title: "Alfredo Ormando"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1246175"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump