Raymond Palmerio (Palmieri, Palmario), Saint (RAIMONDO PALMERIO (PALMIERI, PALMARIO), SANTO)

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

RAIMONDO PALMERIO (PALMIERI, PALMARIO), saint. - Pilgrim, b. ca. 1140 at Piacenza,

d. there on 28 July 1200. At the age of 12 he took up the trade of shoemaker; at 14, after his father’s death, he made a pilgrimage to Palestine with his mother, who died on the return journey.

Having returned to his homeland, he married and, resuming his former trade, made his workshop a school of Christian perfection. In one year he lost five children. Having had a sixth, he offered him to religious life. Having also lost his wife, he went on pilgrimage to Compostela, France, and Rome. Having returned to his homeland, he founded a hospital and devoted himself to assisting widows, orphans, and prisoners. He was a herald of peace in the conflict between Piacenza and Cremona, facing persecution and imprisonment. He laboured to put an end to the bloody contests customary among young men.

BIBL.: BHL, 1901; Acta SS. Iulii, VI, Venezia 1749, pp. 638-63; M. P. Campi, Vita di s. R. P., Piacenza 1618; O. Rinaldi, Ann. ecclesiastici, Colonia 1646, a. 1200, p. 51; C. Molinari, Compendio della vita di s. R. P., Piacenza 1809.

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