Tommaso Bellacci
Italian member of the Third Order of Saint Francis
Who they were
At Rieti, Blessed Thomas Bellacci of Florence, religious of the Order of Minors, who, having set out for the Holy Land and Ethiopia, suffered prison and torture for Christ at the hands of unbelievers and, finally returning to his homeland, rested in peace almost a hundred years old.
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 31 October as a Franciscan who suffered prison and torture on mission and died at Rieti nearly a hundred years old.
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, 31 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q26222369 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Tommaso Bellacci (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.