Tommaso da Cori

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Tommaso da Cori (4 June 1655 - 11 January 1729) - born Francesco Antonio Placidi - was an

Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor who lived as a hermit for much of his religious life.[1] He gained fame as a noted preacher throughout the region where his hermitage was located and for this became known as the "Apostle of the Sublacense".[2][3]

His beatification was celebrated under

Saint Peter's Square on 21 November 1999 under Pope John Paul II
.

Life

Francesco Antonio Placidi was born to poor parents on 4 June 1655 in Cori near Rome. In his childhood he was dubbed "the little saint" due to the recognition of his personal holiness.[3]

He earned a living as a shepherd as he grew up. Placidi was pious and soon became aware of the Order of Friars Minor that had come to the town. Both his parents had died at the time he turned fourteen and was therefore his task to take care of his two sisters and to find them husbands. Placidi had a strong devotion to God and so after seeing his sisters married off chose almost at once to enter consecrated life as a simple friar and entered the Order of Friars Minor at the convent of Santissima Trinitá in 1665 while commencing his novitiate on 7 February 1667.[1][3] He underwent his theological and philosophical studies in Viterbo.

In 1683 - following the successful completion of his studies - he was

Palombara modeled after the one in Civitella.[2][3]

Fra Tommaso followed the model of hermit life that Francis of Assisi had established in that he did not remain enclosed within the hermitage but would instead go out preaching in the small villages throughout the region. He became known for his simple and clear manner of preaching the messages of the Gospel and came to be called dubbed as the "Apostle of the Sublacense".[1][2] He became known during his lifetime as a man of deep contemplation on the Gospel and often spent the night in the convent's chapel in silent meditation.

Placidi died in peace in his sleep at the beginning of 1729 in Civitella.[2]

Sainthood

The sainthood process commenced on 15 July 1737 under

Congregation of Rites
on 28 July 1778.

Saint Peter's Square
on 21 November 1999.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Saint Tommaso da Cori". Saints SQPN. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Thomas of Cori (1655-1729)". Holy See. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Saint Thomas of Cori". Roman Catholic Saints. Retrieved 7 October 2016.

External links

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