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Blessed Placido Riccardi
Blessed Placido Riccardi

Blessed Placido Riccardi

Also known as: Tommaso Riccardi; Thomas Riccardi

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

25 March; 14 March (Saint-Paul-Outside-the-Walls Abbey, Rome, Italy); 5 December (Sylvestrines)

Born

24 June 1844 in Trevi, Umbria, Italy as Tommaso Riccardi

Died

25 March 1915 in Rome, Italy of natural causes; relics transferred to Farfa, Italy in 1925

Beatified

5 December 1954 by Pope Pius XII

Venerated

4 June 1944 by Pope Pius XII (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Placido Riccardi, also known as Tommaso Riccardi or Thomas Riccardi, was born on June 24, 1844, in Trevi, Umbria, Italy. Having spent his youth engaged in worldly pursuits, Placido eventually turned towards a more spiritual path. In 1865, he moved to Rome to study philosophy at the Angelicum College under the Dominicans.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1954-12-05 by 5 December 1954 by Pope Pius XII

Feast Days

March 25March 14December 5
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