Dec 192009
![[Saint Placid]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/saint-placid/saint-placid.jpg "jpg image of Saint Maurus rescuing Saint Placid from drowning from 'Saint Benedict' by Mother F A Forbes")
Also known as
- Placidus
Profile
Son of a patrician senator named Tertulus. Disciple and spiritual student of Saint Benedict of Nursia. Friend of Saint Maurus, who saved him from drowning. Accompanied Benedict to Monte Cassino, which was given to Benedict by Tertulus. Known through the second Dialogue of Saint Gregory the Great. Many legends grew up around Placid.
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
- Saint Placid Priory
MLA Citation
- “Saint Placid”. Saints.SQPN.com. 22 December 2009. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-placed/>