Pacificus of San Severino

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St. Pacificus (Pacifico) of San Severino (1 March 1653 - 24 September 1721) was an Italian Roman Catholic Saint.

He was born at San Severino, the son of Antonio M. Divini and Mariangela Bruni. His parents died soon after his Catholic confirmation when three years old; and he suffered many hardships until the December of 1670, when he took the Franciscan habit in the Order of the Reformati, at Forano, in the March of Ancona, and was ordained on 4 June 1678, subsequently becoming Lector or Professor of Philosophy (1680-1683) for the younger members of the order, after which, for five or six years, he worked as a Catholic missionary among the people of the surrounding country. He then suffered lameness, deafness, and blindness for nearly twenty-nine years. Unable to give missions, he cultivated more the contemplative life. He was said to have 'bourn his ills with angelic patience, worked several miracles, and was favoured by God with ecstasies'. Though he was obviously a constant sufferer, he held the post of guardian in the monastery of Maria delle Grazie in San Severino (1692-1693), where he died. His cause for beatification was begun in 1740; he was beatified by Pius VI, 4 August 1786, and solemnly canonized by Gregory XVI, 26 May 1839. His feast is celebrated on 24 September.