BACCHER, PLACIDO. - Venerable, born in Naples on 5 April 1781, into a family originally from that city (in addition to the added surname B., he also bore that of De Gasaro), died there on 19 October 1851. Imprisoned during the Parthenopean Republic, he had his father exiled and two brothers shot by its government. A priest in 1806, he became rector of the church of the "Gesù Vecchio," which he restored with his own means, making it a center of intense religious life.
A man of penance and of extreme charity, he practiced especially the apostolate of preaching and acquired wide fame for it in Naples and in Italy. A friend of the blessed Francesco Saverio Maria Bianchi (v.) and of other distinguished religious spirits, he assisted at the death of the venerable Maria Cristina of Savoy. He refused a bishopric and had the canonry conferred on him by Cardinal Sforza Riario withdrawn. He was buried at the "Gesù Vecchio." In 1909 his cause of beatification was introduced (AAS, 1 [1909], pp. 498-501).
BibliographyG. Petrone, Il venerabile don P. B. rettore del «Gesù Vecchio» di Napoli, Pozzuoli 1924.
BIBL.: G. Petrone, Il venerabile don P. B. rettore del «Gesù Vecchio» di Napoli, Pozzuoli 1924.
Vian, Nello. “Baccher, placido.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 647. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/baccher-placido.
MLA
Vian, Nello. “Baccher, placido.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 647. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/baccher-placido.
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@incollection{ec2_baccher_placido,
author = {Vian, Nello},
title = {Baccher, placido},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {II},
pages = {647},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/baccher-placido}
}
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