Riccardo Pampuri

Riccardo Pampuri (2 August 1897 – 1 May 1930), was an Italian medical doctor from Trivolzio and is a canonized saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Born Erminio Filippo Pampuri, he took the name Brother Riccardo when he entered the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God. He was born in Trivolzio, Province of Pavia. Pampuri, was born on the 2 August 1897 in Trivolzio, Pavia, Italy and given the name of Erminio Filippo Pampuri. He was the tenth of the eleven children of Innocenzo and Angela (née Campari) Pampuri. 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...