A warmhearted security guard — who was a beloved fixture in Brooklyn’s tight-knit Italian community — was identified as the victim randomly beaten to death by a sadistic madman outside a subway station this week, The Post has learned.

The senseless death of Nicola Tanzi, 64, on Tuesday quickly sent waves of sorrow among his friends and fellow congregants at the two Roman Catholic churches he devoutly attended.

“Nicola is for all purposes, one of the most congenial, friendly individuals that you could ever meet,” said Anthony Mammoliti, deacon at St. Athanasius-St. Dominic’s Parish in Bensonhurst. 5

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“If you were his friend, that was something very, very powerful. He’ll do anything for his friends.”

Tanzi originally hailed from Italy and settled in New York City roughly two d

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