Detail Of An Antique Italian Blessed Tommaso Of Costacciaro Holy Card Date And Artist Unknown

Blessed Tommaso Of Costacciaro

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

25 March; 1st Sunday of September (Costacciaro, Italy)

Born

Mid-13th century in the castle of San Savino, Costacciaro, Umbria, diocese of Gubbio, Italy

Died

25 March 1337 on Monte Cucco, Umbria, Italy of natural causes; buried at the Franciscan Conventual church in Costacciaro, Italy; relics enshrined under the main altar of the church in 1546

Beatified

Pope Clement VIII (cultus confirmation); a list of miracles attributed to his intercession was compiled in 1726; a list of miracles attributed to his intercession was compiled in 1748; 18 March 1778 by Pope Pius VI (cultus extended to the diocese of Gubbio, Italy); 1833 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus extended to the Camaldolese)

Biography

Blessed Tommaso of Costacciaro, also known as Blessed Tommaso da Costacciaro, was born in the mid-13th century in the castle of San Savino, located in Costacciaro, Umbria, Italy within the diocese of Gubbio. His exact birth date is unknown.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified1778-03-18 by Pope Clement VIII (cultus confirmation); a list of miracles attributed to his intercession was compiled in 1726; a list of miracles attributed to his intercession was compiled in 1748; 18 March 1778 by Pope Pius VI (cultus extended to the diocese of Gubbio, Italy); 1833 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus extended to the Camaldolese)