Blessed Benedict Ricasoli

Also known as

• Benedict of Coltiboni

Memorial

• 20 January

Profile

Vallumbrosan monk at a mountain monastery founded by his parents. In later life he became a hermit in a cell near the monastery.

Born

• at Coltiboni, Fiesole, Italy

Died

• 1107 of natural causes

Beatified

• 1907 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed)

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Benedict Ricasoli”. Saints.SQPN.com. 20 January 2010. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-benedict-ricasoli/>