Riccardo Pampuri
| Saint Richard Pampuri, O.H. | |
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| Religious | |
| Born |
2 August 1897 Trivolzio, Pavia, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 1 March 1930 (aged 32) Milan, Kingdom of Italy |
| Venerated in |
Roman Catholic Church (Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God) |
| Beatified | 4 October 1981, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City, by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | 1 November 1989, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, by Pope John Paul II |
| Major shrine | the Parish of Trivolzio, Pavia, Italy |
| Feast | 1 May |
Richard Pampuri, O.H., (2 August 1897 – 1 May 1930), was an Italian medical doctor and veteran of World War I who died after a short period as a member of the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God. He is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
He was born Erminio Filippo Pampuri, on 2 August 1897 in Trivolzio, Pavia, the tenth of the eleven children of Innocenzo Pampuri and Angela Campari. When he was three years of age his mother died and he was then taken into the home of his mother's sister, at Torrino, a village near Trivolzio. In 1907 Pampuri father died in Milan.
As a young boy Pampuri wanted to become a missionary priest, but was dissuaded from this on account of his delicate health. In his youth Pampuri attended two primary schools at nearby villages and then went to Milan where he attended a junior high school. He completed his high school studies as a boarder at Augustine's College, Pavia, where after graduation, he enrolled in the Medical Faculty of Pavia University. Whilst at university he was an active member of Pavia University's Severino Boezio Club for Catholic Action. He also belonged to the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the Third Order of St. Francis.
Between the years 1915 and 1920, Pampuri was in the fighting zone of World War I. He served firstly as a sergeant and later went into training as an officer in the Medical Corps. On 6 July 1921, he graduated at the top of his class in Medicine and Surgery.
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