Saint Placid

Memorial: 12 June
Profile: Working class family. Cicerstian monk at Saint Nicholas, Corno, Italy. Hermit at Ocre in the Abruzzi region. Founder and abbot of Santo Spirito monastery near Val d'Ocre. As a self-imposed penance, he slept standing the last 37 years of his life.
Born: at Rodi, Italy
Died: 1248
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