Saint Pacificus of Cerano

Also known as

• Pacifico Ramati
• Pacificus of Ceredano
• Pacificus Ramota

Memorial

• 8 June

Profile

Pacificus was orphaned very young. Educated at the Benedictine monastery in Novara, Italy. Joined the Friars Minor in 1445. Received a doctorate from the Sorbonne in Paris, France, and was considered one of the most learned men of his day. Ordained in 1452. Preached missions throughout Italy from 1452 through 1471. Sent by Pope Sixtus IV to Sardinia as an evangelist and reformer. Founded a monastery in Vigevano, Italy and used it as a base for his teaching and preaching. In 1480 he was sent to Sardinia to preach the Franciscan Crusade to Turkey.

Born

• c.1424 at Cerano, Novara, Lombardy, Italy

Died

• 14 June 1482 in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy of natural causes
• relics at Cerano, Italy

Beatified

• 7 July 1745 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)

Patronage

• Cerano, Italy

Additional Information

• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Kirken i Norge

Works

• Summa Pacifica, a treatise on moral theology and the proper method of hearing confessions