Benedict Ricasoli
Italian monk and blessed
Feast: 20 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Coltibuono in Tuscany, Blessed Benedict Ricasoli, hermit of the Congregation of Vallombrosa.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 20 January as a Vallombrosan hermit at Coltibuono.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Roman Martyrology, 20 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q18223659 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.