Profile
Pacificus was orphaned very young. He was educated at the Benedictine monastery in Novara, Italy. He joined the Franciscan Friars Minor in 1445. He received a doctorate from the Sorbonne in Paris, France, and was considered one of the most learned men of his day. Pacificus was ordained in 1452 and preached missions throughout Italy from 1452 through 1471. He was sent by Pope Sixtus IV to Sardinia as an evangelist and reformer. He founded a monastery in Vigevano, Italy and used it as a base for his teaching and preaching. In 1480, Pacificus 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
Source: https://catholicsaints.info/saint-pacificus-of-cerano/
