Blessed Placido Riccardi
Also known as: Tommaso Riccardi; Thomas Riccardi
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
March 25
Born
June 24, 1844
Died
March 25, 1915
Beatified
5 December 1954 by Pope Pius XII
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.
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