Saint Tommaso da Cori Placidi

Tommaso da Cori, born Francesco Antonio Placidi on 4 June 1655 and died on 11 January 1729, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who lived as a hermit for much of his religious life. He joined the Order of Friars Minor and became renowned as a preacher in the region where he resided. His reputation grew to such an extent that he was referred to as the 'Apostle of the Sublacense.'