Richard Pampuri


Riccardo Pampuri

Religious
Born(1897-08-02)2 August 1897
Trivolzio, Pavia, Kingdom of Italy
Died1 March 1930(1930-03-01) (aged 32)
Milan, Kingdom of Italy
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
(Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God)
Beatified4 October 1981, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Canonized1 November 1989, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Feast
Patronage
  • Trivolzio
  • Military chaplains
  • Nurses
  • Doctors

Riccardo Pampuri, OH (2 August 1897 – 1 May 1930) - born Erminio Filippo Pampuri was an Italian medical doctor and a veteran of World War I who was also a professed member from Hospitallers of Saint John of God.[1] Pampuri worked as a field doctor on the battlefield during the Great War and was discharged in 1920 when he was able to resume his studies and soon begin his own practice as a doctor where he tended to the poor without charge. He became a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis as "Antonio" while founding the Band of Pius X which he dedicated to the medical care of poor people. But Pampuri later became a professed religious for the call was too great for him to ignore; he managed a free dental clinic in Brescia for his order.[2][3][4]

Pampuri's canonization cause opened in Milan in 1970 and he became titled as a Servant of God while Pope Paul VI titled him as Venerable on 12 June 1978 after confirming that he had lived a model life of heroic virtue. Pope John Paul II beatified Pampuri on 4 October 1981 and later canonized him at the end of that decade on 1 November 1989.[4]

  1. ^ "Saint Richard Pampuri". Saints SQPN. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Richard Pampuri, O.H. (1897-1930)". Holy See. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Biografie". San Riccardo Pampuri. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Saint Riccardo Pampuri". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 23 March 2017.