Saint Placid of Ocre

Also known as

  • Placid of Roio
  • Placido…

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Born to a working class family. Became a Cistercian monk at Saint Nicholas, Corno, Italy. Lived as a hermit at Ocre in the Abruzzi region of Italy. 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.

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Died

  • 1248 of natural causes
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  • “Saint Placid of Ocre“. CatholicSaints.Info. 8 January 2022. Web. 19 April 2024. <>