Placidus is Latin for "placid, gentle, quiet, still, calm, mild, peaceful" and can refer to: * Flavius Arcadius Placidus Magnus Felix (480–511), Consul of Rome *

Placidus de Titis Placidus de Titis (also ''de Titus'', Latinization of Placido de Titi, pseudonym ''Didacus Prittus Pelusiensis''; 1603–1668) was an Olivetan monk and professor of mathematics, physics and astronomy at the University of Pavia from 1657 until ...

(also de Titus, Latinization of Placido de Titi, 1603–1668), astrologer *

Placidus Böcken Placidus Böcken (or Böckhn) (13 July 1690 – 9 February 1752) was a German Benedictine canon lawyer, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salzburg. Life Böcken was born in Munich, in Bavaria. He entered the Order of St. Benedict at an e ...

(1690–1752), German Benedictine canon lawyer, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salzburg *

Placidus Braun Placidus Braun, (11 February 1756 in Peiting near Schongau, Upper Bavaria – 23 October 1829 in Augsburg, Germany) was a Bavarian Benedictine priest, historian and archivist. Biography At thirteen he went as a choir-boy of the Benedictin ...

(1756–1829), Bavarian Benedictine priest, historian and archivist *

Placidus Fixlmillner Dom Placidus Fixlmillner, O.S.B., (May 28, 1721 – August 27, 1791) was a Benedictine monk and priest and was one of the first astronomers to compute the orbit of Uranus. Biography Born in the village of Achleuthen Schloss Achleiten bei Limbac ...

(1721–1791), Benedictine priest, first astronomer to compute the orbit of Uranus *

Placidus Nkalanga Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, OSB (19 June 1919 – 18 December 2015) was a Tanzanian Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a monk of the St Maurus & St Placidus Hanga Abbey in Hanga, Ruvuma Region, Tanzania, a Benedictine monastery of ...

(1919–2015), Tanzanian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church *

Saint Placidus Placidus (also known as Placid) was a disciple of Benedict of Nursia. He was the son of the patrician Tertullus, was brought as a child to Benedict at Sublaqueum ( Subiaco) and dedicated to God as provided for in chapter 69 of the Rule of St. B ...

, follower of St. Benedict * Saint Placidus (martyr), Sicilian martyr * Placidus a Spescha (1752–1833), Swiss monk and Alpine explorer

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