Giovanni Fornasini

Don Giovanni Remo Fornasini (23 February 1915 – 13 October 1944) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest, resistance member and patriot in the Province of Bologna. He was murdered by a German Nazi Waffen SS soldier and was posthumously awarded Italy's Gold Medal of Military Valour. He is being investigated by the Catholic Church towards his possible canonisation. His beatification was celebrated in Bologna on 26 September 2021.