Placidus (priest)

== Hagiography ==

== Hagiography ==

Of the life of Placidus, not to be confused with his [[Saint Placidus|namesake]] venerated in [[Messina]], we know practically nothing, except that he was a Christian priest who lived in the 3rd century. There are, however, medieval legends drawn from an hagiographic account inserted into the [[Martyrologium Hieronymianum]] that identify him as one of the two favourite disciples of [[Benedict of Nursia]] along with Maurus. This account narrates of other saints commemorated on October 5 who, despite belonging to different places, were all allegedly killed in Messina in the 6th century, during a pirate raid, erroneously mistaken for Arabs by [[Peter the Deacon]] in his ''Vita Placidi''.Placidus the martyr in Trasacco is not mentioned in the ''Hieronymianum'' nor in the medieval martyrologies of [[Florus of Lyon|Florus]], [[Adon of Vienne|Adon]] and [[Usuard]].

Of the life of Placidus, not to be confused with his [[Saint Placidus|namesake]] venerated in [[Messina]], we know practically nothing, except that he was a Christian priest who lived in the 3rd century. There are, however, medieval legends drawn from an hagiographic account inserted into the [[Martyrologium Hieronymianum]] that identify him as one of the two favourite disciples of [[Benedict of Nursia]] along with Maurus. This account narrates of other saints commemorated on October 5 who, despite belonging to different places, were all allegedly killed in Messina in the 6th century, during a pirate raid, erroneously mistaken for Arabs by [[Peter the Deacon]] in his ''Vita Placidi''.Placidus the martyr in Trasacco is not mentioned in the ''Hieronymianum'' nor in the medieval martyrologies of [[Florus of Lyon|Florus]], [[Adon of Vienne|Adon]] and [[Usuard]].

Therefore, to trace the causes of his martyrdom, we must refer to the sacrifice of the priest Cesidius,[https://www-santiebeati-it.translate.goog/dettaglio/91135?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=it&_x_tr_pto=wappSaints Cesidius and Rufinus] originally from [[Trasacco]], and inserted into the [[Roman Martyrology]] in 1583. The editor of the entry was Cardinal [[Cesare Baronio]], due to the interest of Father Camillo, whose wife Porzia Febonia and the historian's mother was from Trasacco.Filippo Caraffa, ''ad vocem'', in ''Bibliotheca Sanctorum'', Vol. III, Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontifica Università Lateranense, Roma 1963, p. 1159.

Therefore, to trace the causes of his martyrdom, we must refer to the sacrifice of the priest Cesidius,[https://www-santiebeati-it.translate.goog/dettaglio/91135?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=it&_x_tr_pto=wappSaints Cesidius and Rufinus] originally from [[Trasacco]], and inserted into the [[Roman Martyrology]] in 1583. The editor of the entry was Cardinal [[Caesar Baronius]], due to the interest of Father Camillo, whose wife Porzia Febonia and the historian's mother was from Trasacco.Filippo Caraffa, ''ad vocem'', in ''Bibliotheca Sanctorum'', Vol. III, Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontifica Università Lateranense, Roma 1963, p. 1159.

The [[Roman Martyrology]] indicates the death of the priest Cesidius on August 31, along with other Christians near the basin of Lake [[Fucino]],The first reclamation of the lake dates back to the time of the Emperor [[Claudius]] in 52 AD, before the complete draining of the basin, which occurred in the 19th century. based on the narrative derived, probably, from a Latin ''passio'' of the ''Acts'' of [[Saint Christopher]]''Acta SS. Iulii'', VI, Venezia 1758, pp. 146-149, in Filippo Caraffa, ''ad vocem'', in ''Bibliotheca Sanctorum'', Vol. III, Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontifica Università Lateranense, Roma 1963, p. 1157. and according to which the three priests, Cesidius, Placidus, and Eutychius (but practically nothing is known of the latter), fell victim to the persecutions ordered by the Emperor [[Maximinus Thrax]]. The three religious men were killed during a mass in Trasacco, where the Bishop of [[Assisi]] [[Rufinus of Assisi|Rufinus]], who was also Cesidius' father, had founded a church entrusted to his own son, which was later destroyed in 936 due to an incursion by the [[Magyars]]Filippo Caraffa, ''ad vocem'', in ''Bibliotheca Sanctorum'', Vol. III, Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontifica Università Lateranense, Roma 1963, p. 1158. and rebuilt under the name of the "Cesidio and Rufino Saints" church. An unspecified number of Christians perished with them. After the martyrdom, Placidus' remains were stolen and taken to Rome, where they remained until 1686.

The [[Roman Martyrology]] indicates the death of the priest Cesidius on August 31, along with other Christians near the basin of Lake [[Fucino]],The first reclamation of the lake dates back to the time of the Emperor [[Claudius]] in 52 AD, before the complete draining of the basin, which occurred in the 19th century. based on the narrative derived, probably, from a Latin ''passio'' of the ''Acts'' of [[Saint Christopher]]''Acta SS. Iulii'', VI, Venezia 1758, pp. 146-149, in Filippo Caraffa, ''ad vocem'', in ''Bibliotheca Sanctorum'', Vol. III, Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontifica Università Lateranense, Roma 1963, p. 1157. and according to which the three priests, Cesidius, Placidus, and Eutychius (but practically nothing is known of the latter), fell victim to the persecutions ordered by the Emperor [[Maximinus Thrax]]. The three religious men were killed during a mass in Trasacco, where the Bishop of [[Assisi]] [[Rufinus of Assisi|Rufinus]], who was also Cesidius' father, had founded a church entrusted to his own son, which was later destroyed in 936 due to an incursion by the [[Magyars]]Filippo Caraffa, ''ad vocem'', in ''Bibliotheca Sanctorum'', Vol. III, Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontifica Università Lateranense, Roma 1963, p. 1158. and rebuilt under the name of the "Cesidio and Rufino Saints" church. An unspecified number of Christians perished with them. After the martyrdom, Placidus' remains were stolen and taken to Rome, where they remained until 1686.