Tommaso Riccardi (24 June 1844 – 25 March 1915) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who was a professed member of the Benedictines of the Cassinese Congregation. He took the name of Placidio after admittance.
Tommaso Riccardi was born in Trevi on 24 June 1844 and spent his childhood in Umbria. He moved to Rome in 1865 in order to commence his studies for the priesthood.
As a deacon on 5 November 1870 he was arrested due to the fact that he dodged conscription and he was imprisoned in Florence and then sent as a soldier in Livorno after his release from prison on 24 December 1870. After that debacle he returned to Rome to resume his studies. He was ordained to the priesthood on 25 March 1871. His students included the future cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster.
He contracted malaria in 1881 and suffered from that disease for the rest of his life. He served as a spiritual director in Perugia from 1882 and served as a rector to the Benedictines in Rome in 1887. He served as the rector of the Basilica of Santa Maria di Farfa in Rome in 1894 and lived in hermitage near San Fiano. He served as a confessor to a convent of Poor Clares he lived near.[1]
The beatification process commenced in Rome on 3 March 1935 under Pope Pius XI and the two local process ensured. It granted him the title of Servant of God. Both processes were ratified on 20 November 1940.
The recognition of his life of heroic virtue on 4 June 1944 allowed Pope Pius XII to confer upon him the title of Venerable. Pius XII also approved two miracles attributed to his intercession and beatified him on 5 December 1954.
References
^ abc"Blessed Placido Riccardi". Saints SQPN. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^"Blessed Placido Riccardi". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
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