Richard Pampuri

Saint Riccardo Pampuri O.H.
Religious
Born	(1897-08-02)2 August 1897 Trivolzio, Pavia, Kingdom of Italy
Died	1 March 1930(1930-03-01) (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, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Feast	1 May 16 May (Pavia and Brescia)
Patronage	Trivolzio Military chaplains Nurses Doctors

Riccardo Pampuri, OH (2 August 1897 – 1 May 1930) - born Erminio Filippo Pampuri was an Italian medical doctor and a veteran of World War I who was also a professed member from Hospitallers of Saint John of God.^[1] Pampuri worked as a field doctor on the battlefield during the Great War and was discharged in 1920 when he was able to resume his studies and soon begin his own practice as a doctor where he tended to the poor without charge. He became a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis as "Antonio" while founding the Band of Pius X which he dedicated to the medical care of poor people. But Pampuri later became a professed religious for the call was too great for him to ignore; he managed a free dental clinic in Brescia for his order.^[2][3][4]

Pampuri's canonization cause opened in Milan in 1970 and he became titled as a Servant of God while Pope Paul VI titled him as Venerable on 12 June 1978 after confirming that he had lived a model life of heroic virtue. Pope John Paul II beatified Pampuri on 4 October 1981 and later canonized him at the end of that decade on 1 November 1989.^[4]