Bienheureux Nicolas
Paglia
Dominicain (+ 1256)
Né à Giovinazzo en 1197,
il fit ses études à Bologne et là, attiré par Saint
Dominique, il devient son fidèle compagnon. Homme instruit et
visionnaire il promeut l'étude de l'Écriture Sainte. Il fonde les couvents de
Pérouse et de Trani et est, par deux fois, provincial de la Province romaine.
Culte confirmé par le
pape Léon XII le 26 mars 1828.
À Pérouse en Ombrie,
commémoraison du bienheureux Nicolas Paglia, prêtre de l’Ordre des Prêcheurs,
qui reçut de saint Dominique l’habit et la mission de prédication, et mourut en
1256.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/11454/Bienheureux-Nicolas-Paglia.html
Bx Nicola (Nicolas)
Paglia
Prêtre o.p. († 1256)
Commémoration :
Ordo Fratrum
Praedicatorum le 14 février.
Martyrologium Romanum le
16 février (probable dies natalis).
Nicolas Paglia naît à
Giovinazzo (région de Bari, Italie) en 1197. De parents nobles, il fut élevé
avec beaucoup de soin.
À Bologne, où il faisait ses études de droit, il entendit la parole vibrante de saint Dominique qui l’attira et le décida à suivre la vie des frères prêcheurs.
À Pérouse (en Ombrie, Italie), il reçut de saint Dominique l’habit et la
mission de prédication, et devient son fidèle compagnon dans ses pérégrinations
apostoliques.
Son exemple et son talent de prédicateur aidèrent l’Ordre à se développer en Italie. Homme instruit et visionnaire il promeut l'étude de l'Écriture Sainte et la compilation des Concordances bibliques.
Son dynamisme lui fit ouvrir une maison à Pérouse en 1233, une à Trani en 1254,
d’autres à Brindisi, Orvieto et Naples. Il fut, par deux fois, provincial de la
Province de Rome, qu’il dirigea avec force et douceur.
Le pape Grégoire IX
(Ugolino dei Conti di Segni, 1227-1241) le chargea de visiter des monastères et
de prêcher la Croisade contre les Sarrasins. Après de longues années de travaux
apostoliques, il se retira au couvent de Pérouse. C’est là que lui apparut frère
Raone Romano, cher ami de ses plus beaux jours de vie religieuse, qui lui
annonça, de la part de la Vierge, sa mort prochaine, en février 1256, qui fut
sainte comme toute sa vie :
Le pape Léon XII
(Annibale Sermattei Della Genga, 1823-1829) a confirmé son culte le 26 mars
1828.
Source principale :
docteurangelique.com (« Rév. x gpm »).
©Evangelizo.org 2001-2017
Bienheureux Nicolas
Palea
Fondateur du couvent de
Pérouse
Fête le 14 février
OP
Giovinazzo, près de Bari,
Naples, 1197 – † Pérouse, Italie, 11 février 1255
Autre graphie :
Nicolas Palea (Paglia) ou Nicolas le Prieur
Béatifié le 26 mars 1828
Autres mentions : 11
et 16 février
SOURCE : http://www.martyretsaint.com/nicolas-palea/
Nicola
Paglia, di Bartolomeo Traballesi. Firenze,
Convento di San Marco, Firenze, raffigurazioni di santi delle celle del convento
Also
known as
Nicola Palea
Nicola the Prior
Nicola of Giovinazzo
Nicholas…
14
February on some calendars
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Born to the Italian nobility,
in his youth Nicola received a vision of
an angel who
warned him not to eat meat as he would one day join a religious
order that had a permanent rule of abstinence. He was a university student
in Bologna, Italy when
he heard the preaching of Saint Dominic
de Guzman. He soon after joined the Dominicans,
receiving the habit from Saint Dominic himself. Priest.
Noted and successful preacher.
Twice provincial of the Dominicans in
the enormous province of Rome.
Founded monasteries in Perugia and Trani,
promoted Scripture study and
the compilation of a Bible concordance. Commissioned by Pope Gregory
IX to preach Crusade against
the Saracens.
Reported miracle worker.
He spent his final years as a prayerful monk in
the Dominican monastery in Perugia.
Born
1197 in Giovinazzo, Bari, Italy
1256 at
the Dominican monastery in Perugia, Umbia, Italy of
natural causes
buried in
the church of Saint Dominic in Perugia beside Blessed Cristiano
of Perugia
26 March 1828 by Pope Leo XII (cultus
confirmation)
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Citation
“Blessed Nicola
Paglia“. CatholicSaints.Info. 24 February 2026. Web. 3 September 2026.
<https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-nicola-paglia/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-nicola-paglia/
Blessed Nicholas Palea,
OP (AC)
(also known as Nicholas
the Prior)
Born in Giovinazzo near
Bari, Naples; died in Perugia, Italy, in 1255; cultus confirmed in 1828.
Born of a noble
Neapolitan family, Nicholas was named for the great wonder-worker who had once
lived in the kingdom. At 8 he was already practicing austerities. He would not
eat meat, even on feast days, because he had been favored by a vision of a
young man of great majesty who told him to prepare for a lifetime of
mortifications in an order that kept perpetual abstinence.
Sent to Bologna for his
studies, he met Saint Dominic and was won by him to the new order. He was the
companion of Saint Dominic on several of the founder's journeys to Italy, and
warmed his heart at the very source of the new fire which was to mean
resurrection to so many souls.
Saint Nicholas of Bari
had been noted for his astounding miracles,and his young namesake began
following in his footsteps while yet a novice. When on a journey with several
companions, he met a woman with a withered arm. Making the Sign of the Cross
over her, he cured her of the affliction.
At one time, as he
entered his native Bari, he found a woman weeping beside the body of her child,
who had been drowned in a well. He asked the woman the name of the child, and
being told it was Andrew, he replied, "After this, it's Nicholas. Nicholas,
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, arise!" The little one revived,
alive and well. The child of his sister Colette, mute from birth, brought her
famous uncle a basket of bread. "Who sent the bread, child?" Nicholas
asked her. "My mother," she replied, and from then on she was cured.
As provincial of the
Roman province, Nicholas was wise, prudent, and kind. He established priories
in Perugia in 1233 and Trani in 1254. He received many novices and did much of
his work among the young religious. Once he was called to the assistance of a
novice who had been deceived by the devil and would not go to confession. He
showed the young man the true state of his soul and undid the work of the evil
one.
Nicholas earned great
fame as a preacher. On one occasion, when he was preaching in the cathedral of
Brescia, two irreverent young men began disturbing the congregation and soon
made such a commotion that Nicholas could not make himself heard. Nicholas left
the cathedral to a neighboring hill and there called to the birds to come to
listen to him. Like the birds in the similar story of Saint Francis, flocks of
feathered creatures fluttered down at his feet and listened attentively while
he preached. At the end of the sermon they flew away singing.
After a lifetime of preaching
and miracles, Nicholas, forewarned of is death by a visit from a brother who
had been dead many years, went happily to receive the reward of the faithful.
Miracles continued to occur at his tomb and through his intercession.
Among these was the miracle by which life was given to a baby born dead. His
parents had promised to name the baby Nicholas if the favor were granted, and
to their great joy their child lived (Benedictines, Dorcy).
In art, Saint Nicholas is
presented as a Dominican with a birch and a book (Roeder). He is venerated
in Giovinazzo and Perugia, Italy (Roeder).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0214.shtml
Blessed Nicholas Palea, C.O.P.
(also known as Nicholas
the Prior)
Memorial day: February
14th
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Born of a noble
Neapolitan family, Nicholas was named for the great wonder-worker who had once
lived in the kingdom. At 8 he was already practicing austerities. He would not
eat meat, even on feast days, because he had been favored by a vision of a
young man of great majesty who told him to prepare for a lifetime of
mortifications in an order that kept perpetual abstinence.
Sent to Bologna for his
studies, he met Saint Dominic and was won by him to the new order. He was the
companion of Saint Dominic on several of the founder's journeys to Italy, and
warmed his heart at the very source of the new fire which was to mean
resurrection to so many souls.
Saint Nicholas of Bari
had been noted for his astounding miracles, and his young namesake began
following in his footsteps while yet a novice. When on a journey with several
companions, he met a woman with a withered arm. Making the Sign of the Cross
over her, he cured her of the affliction.
At one time, as he
entered his native Bari, he found a woman weeping beside the body of her child,
who had been drowned in a well. He asked the woman the name of the child, and
being told it was Andrew, he replied, "After this, it's Nicholas.
Nicholas, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, arise!" The little one
revived, alive and well. The child of his sister Colette, mute from birth,
brought her famous uncle a basket of bread. "Who sent the bread,
child?" Nicholas asked her. "My mother," she replied, and from
then on she was cured.
As provincial of the
Roman province, Nicholas was wise, prudent, and kind. He established priories
in Perugia in 1233 and Trani in 1254. He received many novices and did much of
his work among the young religious. Once he was called to the assistance of a
novice who had been deceived by the devil and would not go to confession. He
showed the young man the true state of his soul and undid the work of the evil
one.
Nicholas earned great
fame as a preacher. On one occasion, when he was preaching in the cathedral of
Brescia, two irreverent young men began disturbing the congregation and soon
made such a commotion that Nicholas could not make himself heard. Nicholas left
the cathedral to a neighboring hill and there called to the birds to come to
listen to him. Like the birds in the similar story of Saint Francis, flocks of
feathered creatures fluttered down at his feet and listened attentively while
he preached. At the end of the sermon they flew away singing.
After a lifetime of
preaching and miracles, Nicholas, forewarned of is death by a visit from a
brother who had been dead many years, went happily to receive the reward of the
faithful. Miracles continued to occur at his tomb and through his intercession.
Among these was the miracle by which life was given to a baby born dead. His
parents had promised to name the baby Nicholas if the favor were granted, and
to their great joy their child lived (Benedictines, Dorcy).
Born: Giovinazzo
near Bari, Naples (year unknown)
Died: died in
Perugia, Italy, in 1255
Beatified: Leo XII
confirmed his cult in 1828
Representation: In
art, Saint Nicholas is presented as a Dominican with a birch and a book
(Roeder). He is venerated in Giovinazzo and Perugia, Italy (Roeder).
Prayers/Commemorations
First Vespers:
Ant. Strengthen by holy
intercession, O Nicholas, confessor of the Lord, those here present, have we
who are burdened with the weight of our offenses may be relieved by the glory
of thy blessedness, and may by thy guidance attain eternal rewards.
V. Pray for us, Blessed
Nicholas.
R. That we may be made
worthy of the promises of Christ.
Lauds:
Ant. Well done, good and
faithful servant, because Thou has been faithful in a few things, I will set
thee over many, sayeth the Lord.
V. The just man shall
blossom like the lily.
R. And shall flourish
forever before the Lord.
Second Vespers:
Ant. I will liken him
unto a wise man, who built his house upon a rock..
V. Pray for us. Blessed
Nicholas.
R. That we may be made
worthy of the promises of Christ.
Prayer:
Let us
Pray: Mercifully infuse into us, O God, the spirit of Blessed Nicholas,
Thy Confessor, that, as Thou didst adorn him with singular grace to preach Thy
word and procure the neighbor's salvation, so Thou wouldst grant us, through
his prayers, ever to remain faithful to the same holy vocation. Through Christ
our Lord. Amen.
SOURCE :
http://www.willingshepherds.org/Dominican%20Saint%20February.html#Nicholas
Palea
Saints
and Saintly Dominicans – 14 February
At the age of eight
years Blessed Nicholas began
to practice daily abstinence, because an angel who
appeared to him said: “Child of obedience, thou shalt belong to an Order where
perpetual abstinence is observed.” In fact a sermon preached by Saint Dominic at Bologna decided
him to enter the Order. He had the happiness of having the holy Patriarch himself
for his master in the religious life, who, delighted with the innocence of
Blessed Nicholas, often took him as companion on his missionary journeys.
Having been appointed superior, he showed so much zeal and prudence that all he
commanded seemed easy and he drew into religion many excellent subjects, whom
he well knew how to guide amidst the storms of temptation. One of his novices
being dangerously ill, the devil, transformed into an angel of light, made him
vow such perpetual silence that he dared not even say his Office and kept
secret a grave fault omitted a long time before in confession. Enlightened by
the man of God, he changed his life, confessed his sin and died a holy death.
After forty years of an apostolate glorified by miracles and rich in fruit for
the conversion of souls, Blessed Nicholas saw Brother Rao, also a disciple of
Saint Dominic and already dead, who appeared to him saying: “The Blessed
Virgin sends word to you to prepare, for the crown of glory awaits
you.” And in a few days he quitted this land of exile (1255).
Prayer
Saint Dominic,
obtain for me that I may become singularly lovable to you by sweetness and
simplicity.
Practice
Visit the altar of Saint Dominic,
or pray before
his statue.
– taken from the
book Saints
and Saintly Dominicans, by Blessed Hyacinthe-Marie
Cormier, O.P.
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saints-and-saintly-dominicans-14-february/
Stars
in Saint Dominic’s Crown – Blessed Nicolas Palea of Giovanazzo
Article
Unlike the children of
this world, who mourn on the anniversary of the death of their friends and
relations, and rejoice on that of their birth, the Catholic Church passes by
unnoticed the birthdays of her saints, but joyfully commemorates their death,
because for a saint, death is the birth of a new and happier life.
He whose entrance into
heaven we celebrate today was one of the disciples of Saint Dominic, receiving
the habit from his holy hands, and being privileged to be his companion on many
of his missions. He labored successfully for forty years, preaching missions,
instructing the ignorant, and many times working wonderful miracles.
He was born in 1197, at
Giovanazzo, near Bari, in the kingdom of Naples. At baptism he received the
name of Nicolas, in honor of Saint Nicolas of Myra, greatly venerated at Bari.
His father, Blase, was of the noble family of Palea. His mother’s name was
Catharine. They taught him the holy fear of God, and had the dear consolation
of knowing that their lessons were not lost on him. An ancient chronicle says
of him, “Hardly eight years old he already gave up the use of meat, and his
rigorous abstinence went so far that he would not eat it on Christmas day. His
father’s chaplain, who was also his tutor, soundly reproved him for his
singularity of life, and told him* that to continue would offend God, and
probably undermine his health. Young Nicolas listened respectfully, but when
his tutor paused in his reproof knelt down, crossed his hands over his breast,
and said, “Master! one day when I was all alone in my father’s house, a young
man, of rare beauty, came to me. He sent forth a heavenly perfume, and his
appearance led me at once to love him. He said to me, “Son of obedience, I
desire you to deprive yourself of flesh meat, because you will belong to a
religious order that observes perpetual abstinence.” After this he was allowed
to continue in his penitential life.
When a few years older he
was sent to study at the famous University of Bologna. Saint Dominic was
preaching there at that time. Nicolas went to hear him, and was so impressed by
the eloquence and spiritual unction of the saint that he at once sought an
interview with him, and modestly begged to be admitted into the number of his
spiritual children. Nicolas was about twenty-one years of age. Saint Dominic
saw in him a true vocation, discerned a soul after his own heart, and gave him
the habit with his own hands. He sent him to the monastery of Canosa, near
Bari, to make his noviciate, after which he took his vows. The ancient
chronicle recounts a miracle he worked even when he was a novice. “During his
noviciate,” the writer says, “Blessed Nicolas with several of his brethren
passed near a town one day. A woman, whose arm had withered up and had become
insensible without any life, was seen on the road. The holy novice was touched
with compassion at this sight, and cried out, ‘Poor woman! what have you done
to your arm!’ At this his fellow novices chided him for having broken the
silence by talking to a secular person.
“‘I gave way to a feeling
of pity and charity,’ answered the novice. Then turning towards the woman he
said, ‘Have confidence in God, and believe that He will grant you the gift of
perfect health.’ ‘Do you think so,’ said the woman. ‘Yes,’ continued Blessed
Nicolas, ‘your faith will save you, In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost.’ Hardly had he ceased speaking when the woman received
the use of her arm again.”
Saint Dominic became
warmly attached to Blessed Nicolas; his angelic purity made him especially dear
to him, and several times he took him with him as companion on his apostolic
journeys in Italy.
Shortly after his
entrance into the order Blessed Nicolas paid a visit to Giovanazzo, his native
town. He was accompanied by Brother Masulio of Venice. On entering the town
they saw a crowd of people gazing at a sad scene. A woman was wildly lamenting
the sudden death of her child. It had fallen into a well and was drowned. “Have
confidence,” the Blessed youth said to her, “your little son will be restored
to you safe and sound.” The sorrowful mother fell on her knees, and begged him
to give her child back toiler. “What is your little child’s name,” he asked.
She answered that its name was Andrew. “For the future you will call him
Nicolas,” the saint answered, and then, in a loud voice, he commanded the
inanimate body of the child to appear. “Nicolas,” he said, “In the name of the
Lord, arise!” At the same moment the body arose to the surface of the water,
and Blessed Nicolas taking it into his hands, gave the child alive to his
joyful mother.
He also worked several
other remarkable miracles later on in Giovanazzo, his native town. His sisters
Collette and Angelica dwelt there. Collette had a son dumb from his birth. When
he was fifteen years of age she bethought herself to ask her holy brother to
obtain a miraculous cure for his nephew. Having been eye-witness of many
miracles he had worked, Collette reminded him that he ought to have as much
care of those of his own blood as of strangers. One day she sent her dumb son
to the monastery to take the fathers some bread. Blessed Nicolas took the bread
and asked his nephew from whom it came. At the same moment the boy’s tongue was
loosed and he answered, quite distinctly, “It was my mother;” and from that day
he could speak without difficulty.
Another time a little
girl born blind was taken to him to be cured. He blessed her, and the child
having taken hold of his cloak placed it on her eyes, and at once she obtained
the precious gift of sight, hitherto denied her by God.
Blessed Nicolas was the
founder of several monasteries of his order. He preached one Lent in Trani, a
town in Apulia. His preaching excited so much devotion towards the order that
the citizens asked him to build a monastery in their town. He consented, and
bade them spend a day in prayer, to ask God to make known to them on what site
it was to be built. The Archbishop, his clergy, and all the people acceded to
his pious request, and consecrated a day to prayer to learn the holy will of
God. The next morning a cross of fire was seen in the air over the site on
which the monastery was eventually built. Everyone recognized in this
apparition of the fiery cross a clear sign of God’s will, and it was
unanimously decided to commence the work without delay. Alms flowed in, and
when completed it was dedicated under the name of Holy Cross. For many years a
picture commemorating this miracle was to be seen hanging iu one of the cells
in the monastery dormitory. It represented Blessed Nicolas holding in his right
hand a church, a fiery cross resting on the summit, and in his left hand a
book, on whose open page was written, “Blessed Nicolas of Giovanazzo, founder
of the Holy Cross in Trani.”
He was next elected
Provincial of the Roman Province, after the death of the venerable Clare of
Sexto. This was in 1229, or 1230, as is known from a Bull addressed to him by
Pope Gregory IX. Blessed Nicolas at once called together all the religious put
under his charge, and earnestly addressed them, recommending them to live in
great charity and peace one with another, and, as the author of the “Vitae
Fratrum” tells us narrated to them the following anecdote to illustrate his
meaning. “A certain Brother,” he said, “had given me much trouble without any
cause, and died a few days afterwards not having begged my pardon. But one
night, I, being unwell, he appeared to me in a dream, and asked me to pardon
him. Knowing that he was dead I said to him, ‘Go, Brother, and ask pardon of
our Lord Jesus Christ, in whose hands you now are.’ Going away from me when he
had asked pardon from Christ as I bade him, our Lord said to him, ‘I will not
pardon you until you have first obtained the pardon of him you have offended.’
He returned to me the same night, and repeating our Lord’s words, he again
begged my forgiveness which he obtained. After which he said to me, ‘See
Brother Nicolas, how evil it is to offend one s Brother, and how grave a fault
it is not to please him.'” (Vitae Fratrum, Pars. 4, Cap. 22.)
Blessed Nicolas was a
prudent Provincial. He gained all hearts by sweetness and wisdom. He gave the
habit to a very large number of novices, who in their turn founded monasteries,
and labored zealously and successfully for the salvation of souls, and the
increase of the order. He did not interrupt his apostolic labors, and being as
the chronicler has it, “a most gracious preacher,” converted many sinners to
the path of virtue.
In the year 1231, Pope
Gregory IX, who constantly availed himself of the members of the two orders of
mendicant Friars, Franciscans and Dominicans, for difficult diplomatic
missions, commanded Blessed Nicolas to make a visitation of all the monasteries
and convents of Tuscany, and associated with him. Blessed John of Salerno,
Prior of Florence, and another Dominican Father, Frederick by name. In the same
year Blessed Nicolas went to Naples to take formal possession of a new
monastery built there by Father Thomas de Lentino, later on Patriarch of
Antioch. It is at this time that we must place the following anecdote related
by Father Gerard de Frachet in the “Vitae Fratrum.” “A novice,” he says, “of
the monastery of Naples, having fallen sick, the devil, transfigured into an
angel of light, appeared to him and persuaded him not to speak to any one. But
the novice remembered a grave fault which he had never yet confessed. For fear
of speaking he did not wish to say the hours of the divine office, nor even to
answer any question put him. Perceiving that he was under some delusion the
Fathers took the sick novice to Father Nicolas. By force of reason and examples
Father Nicolas proved to the sick novice that his silence was inspired by the
seduction of the demon, who desired to catch him in his net, and to draw him
with himself into the eternal pit. The venerable Father’s words and the prayers
of the other Fathers saved the unfortunate youth from the monster’s jaws. He
consented to speak, made his confession, and understood the devil’s artifice.
He died a short time afterwards in holy dispositions.”
Blessed Nicolas went to
Perugia in the year 1233, where he founded another Dominican monastery,
afterwards famous. Malvenda, citing an old work by Father Vincent Herculano,
says, “It is a tradition come down from age to age that Saint Dominic came to
Perugia, and that he met Saint Francis there one day in the street which leads
to the gate of the holy angels, and that the two saints. united in the love of
Jesus Christ, tenderly embraced each other in that place. Yet the Dominican
order had no monastery in Perugia during the lifetime of the blessed patriarch
Dominic. It was not until 1233, twelve years later, that a monastery of our
order was founded there. The cause which led to its foundation was as follows.
A young nobleman of Perugia, of the illustrious family of Herman de Staffa,
studying at that time at Bologna, moved by the preaching of Blessed Nicolas,
gave up the world and all he possessed, took the habit, and entered the order of
Friar Preachers. Some time afterwards Blessed Nicolas went to Perugia. As soon
as he began preaching he excited the pious admiration of the crowds who ran to
hear him, and set them on fire with the love of virtue.
It thus happened, thanks
to the fervor of Brother Christian’s parents, for such was the name the young
nobleman took on entering the order, and principally by that force of
persuasion which his burning exhortations possessed, that the foundation of a
monastery was decided on. The Podesta, or chief magistrate of Perugia, with the
common consent of the citizens placed in the hands of Blessed Nicolas a
standard, on which was represented the arms of the city; a griffin of silver on
a field of gold, and declared that wherever he planted it, there the city would
build a monastery of the Friar Preachers. Nicolas took the standard and planted
it at Saint Peter’s Gate, on a beautiful site, where one can see the smiling
valley of Valliano and Assisi. Without delay they began to build a monastery
and a magnificent church on that spot.” A picture of Blessed Nicolas holding a
church in his hands hangs in the monastery cloister.
In the same year Blessed
Jordan of Saxony, second master-general of the order, called a general chapter
at Bologna, during which the body of our most holy father Saint Dominic was
solemnly translated. In his office as Provincial of the Roman Province, Blessed
Nicolas took part in this chapter. The evening before the translation he was
earnestly praying to God to grant some remarkable miracle on the occasion. That
night in a vision, a venerable man appeared to him and said, “He will receive
the blessing of the Lord, and the mercy of God his Saviour.” On the following
morning, the day of the translation, Blessed Nicolas had the inestimable consolation
of seeing once more the body of his father in God, and. of finding it
incorrupt, emitting a most delicious perfume.
Blessed Nicolas was freed
from his duties as Provincial in 1235. He spent the remainder of his life
preaching in the chief cities of Italy. Many miracles were worked by him during
these fruitful years. At Massa, Margaret, a noble lady, was suddenly cured by
him of deafness of nine years duration. At Arezzo, another lady of high rank,
called Louisa, took her little daughter who was afflicted with two ulcers, to
him to be cured. Falling on her knees she tearfully begged him to take pity on
her child, and to obtain a miracle from God. He made the sign of the cross over
it saying; “In the name of Jesus; and spoke to the mother thus: “The Lord Jesus
will grant you the grace you ask.” Louisa returned to her home rejoiced, and
the day after her child was so completely cured that there was not even a sign
of any wound. As he was going to Milan one day to preach he saw a number of
devils surrounding the city. He was seized with fear; but making the sign of
the cross they vanished. Many conversions accompanied his preaching. Preaching
at another time in the Cathedral of Brescia to an immense crowd, two young
libertines amused themselves by immodest gestures. The Blessed Father cried
out, “Young men! listen to me,” and then drew a fearful word-picture of the
punishment of libertines in hell; and perceiving that they heeded not his
warning he cried out, “O Eternal God! they despise your holy word to indulge in
immodest thoughts!” and he left the church, the people following him. When he
came to a hill he went up and stood on the summit, and cried out: “Seeing that
men harden their hearts so far as to reject the word of God, In the name of
Jesus Christ my Saviour, birds of heaven come and listen to it!” Thousands of
birds answered his call; they surrounded the holy preacher, and hushing their
songs seemed as if listening intently to him. For some time he poured out a
stream of impassioned eloquence, the birds and the astounded people
breathlessly listening to him, until he dismissed them both with his blessing.
He was again elected
Provincial in 1255, but died the same year in the monastery he had founded in
Perugia. True to his vocation as a son of Saint Dominic, he was very devout to
the holy Virgin Mary; and she, true to her office of special protector of the
Dominican order watched over him in life and favored him at the hour of death.
A Dominican father named Rao, who had been dead some time, appeared to him in a
vision. “He appeared,” says Father Gerard de Frachet in the “Vitae Fratrum,” to
Blessed Nicolas, Prior Provincial of the Roman Province and said to him;
“Dearest Brother Nicolas, the Virgin Mary counsels you to prepare yourself,
because a crown of glory is now ready for you.” Blessed Nicolas at once told
his vision to his most intimate fellow religious, and a few days afterwards
died a most holy and religious death. It was in the year 1265. He was
sixty-eight years of age. He was buried in the old church, and for a long time
his body reposed beneath an altar erected in his honor; until, during some
repairs made to the building it was removed to the High Altar. The miracles
obtained by invoking his intercession, and continual cultus paid to him led to
a formal approbation by Pope Leo XII in 1828.
Prayer
Ant. The Lord mercifully
heard his saint when he called upon Him; the Lord mercifully heard him and
established him in peace.
V. Pray for us, O blessed
Nicolas.
R. That we may be made
worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
Mercifully infuse into
us, O God, the spirit of Blessed Nicolas Thy confessor, that as Thou didst
adorn him with singular grace for preaching Thy Word and procuring the
salvation of his neighbor, so Thou would grant us through his prayers even to
remain in the same holy vocation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
MLA
Citation
Father Thomas Austin
Dyson, O.P. “Blessed
Nicolas Palea of Giovanazzo”. Stars
in Saint Dominic’s Crown, 1897. CatholicSaints.Info.
25 June 2022. Web. 3 September 2026.
<https://catholicsaints.info/stars-in-saint-dominics-crown-blessed-nicolas-palea-of-giovanazzo/>
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Short
Lives of the Dominican Saints – Blessed Nicholas Palea of Giovinazzo, Confessor
Article
(A.D. 1197-1255)
This great servant of God
was born of noble parents in the year 1197, at Giovinazzo, near Bari, in the
kingdom of Naples, and from his earliest childhood gave token of his future
holiness.
Being sent to study at
the University of Bologna, he there received the habit of the Order of
Preachers from the hands of Saint Dominic himself. The Holy Patriarch conceived
a singular affection for his young disciple, and often made him his companion
in his apostolic journeyings. Whilst yet a novice, he was inspired to stop a
poor woman in the street, in spite of the remonstrances of his companions, and,
invoking the Holy Trinity, he cured her of a withered arm. This may be called a
“beginning of miracles,” for his subsequent labours and preachings were
accompanied by continual signs and wonders.
Soon after his entrance
into the Order he was sent to preach in his own country, where he founded the
Convent of Trani on a site miraculously indicated by the appearance of a fiery
cross. He became Provincial of the Roman Province; and, on occasion of his
elevation to that dignity, he assembled the Brethren in Chapter and earnestly
exhorted them to live together in the bonds of peace and fraternal charity. In
order to give additional weight to his words, he related to them the following
incident: “A certain Brother,” said he, “had given me trouble, and was
undoubtedly in the wrong. He died a few days afterwards without having made any
apology. Now, one night when I chanced to be sick and was resting a little, he
appeared to me in a dream and begged my pardon. Knowing that he was dead, I
said to him, ‘Go, Brother, and ask pardon of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whose
hands thou art’ He withdrew, and as he was asking pardon of Our Lord, according
to my bidding, the Divine Master said to him, ‘I will not forgive thee till
thou hast obtained the pardon of the Religious whom thou didst offend.’ He
returned the same night, and informing me of what Jesus Christ had said, he once
more asked my pardon, which was readily granted him. Then he said to me, ‘See,
Brother Nicholas, what an evil thing it is to offend one of our Brethren, and
what serious results ensue from not apologizing.'”
Blessed Nicholas
discharged his duties as Provincial with the utmost prudence, wisdom, and
sweetness. He drew many to the Order who were renowned for their learning and
piety, and who established numerous Convents. He himself was the founder of the
celebrated Convent of Perugia, remarkable for being afterwards the scene of the
canonization both of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and Saint Peter Martyr.
In his capacity of
Provincial of the Roman Province, he assisted at the General Chapter of
Bologna, A.D. 1233, at which took place the solemn translation of the relics of
our Holy Father, Saint Dominic. The night before the ceremony, as Blessed
Nicholas was reflecting on what was about to be done, not without a certain
anxiety as to the results, a venerable old man appeared to him in a vision,
saying to him those words of the Psalmist, “This man shall receive a blessing
from the Lord and mercy from God his Saviour.” The prediction was fully
verified when, on the following day, Blessed Nicholas witnessed the prodigies
whereby God was pleased to honour the remains of His faithful servant.
He was himself a most
eloquent preacher and untiring in his apostolic labours. On one occasion, when
he was preaching in the Cathedral of Brescia before a great concourse of
people, two dissolute young men disturbed the audience by their profane and
wicked conduct. The holy man, finding them deaf to his remonstrances, left the
church, and, ascending a neighbouring hill, called aloud, “Since men are so
hardened as to reject the word of God, come, ye birds of heaven, in the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ; come and listen to it.” Instantly countless flocks of
birds, large and small, gathered round him, arranged themselves in rows on the
grass, and listened with every sign of attention, whilst the preacher addressed
them for a good space. Then he gave them his blessing, as though to dismiss
them, and they dispersed in all directions.
A worthy son of Saint
Dominic, Blessed Nicholas had always cherished a tender devotion to the Holy
Mother of God. A few days before his death Brother Rao, a fervent disciple of
the Holy Patriarch, who had been dead many years, appeared to him, saying,
“Dearest Brother, our Lady sends you word to prepare yourself, for the crown of
glory is now ready for you.” Blessed Nicholas died the death of the Saints in the
autumn of A.D. 1255. It pleased God to manifest the sanctity of His faithful
servant by many miracles. He received religious veneration from the time of his
death, and was beatified by Leo XII, A.D. 1828.
Prayer
Mercifully infuse into
us, O God, the spirit of Blessed Nicholas, Thy Confessor, that, as Thou didst
adorn him with singular grace for the preaching of Thy word and procuring the
salvation of his neighbour, so Thou wouldst grant us, through his prayers, ever
to remain constant in the same holy vocation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
MLA
Citation
A Sister of the
Congregation of Saint Catherine of Siena. “Blessed Nicholas Palea of
Giovinazzo, Confessor”. Short
Lives of the Dominican Saints, 1901. CatholicSaints.Info.
24 February 2026. Web. 3 September 2026.
<https://catholicsaints.info/short-lives-of-the-dominican-saints-blessed-nicholas-palea-of-giovinazzo-confessor/>
Palazzo
Palea in Giovinazzo Nikolaus Palea
Beato Nicola Paglia Sacerdote
domenicano
Giovinazzo, Bari, 1197 -
Perugia, 1256
Dalla città natale,
Giovinazzo (Ba) si recò a Bologna per studiare. Qui fu attratto all'Ordine
dalla parola vibrante di s. Domenico e divenne suo fedelissimo compagno nelle
peregrinazioni apostoliche. Per due volte fu provinciale della provincia
romana, e fondò i conventi di Perugia e di Trani. Uomo colto e lungimirante,
promosse lo studio della Sacra Scrittura e la compilazione delle Concordanze
bibliche. Morì a Perugia dove è sepolto nella chiesa di s. Domenico.
Martirologio Romano: A
Perugia, commemorazione del beato Nicola Paglia, sacerdote dell’Ordine dei
Predicatori, che da san Domenico ricevette l’abito e l’incarico della
predicazione.
Nato a Giovinazzo, in provincia di Bari nel 1197, Niccolò Paglia ricevette a Bologna, dove si era recato per gli studi universitari, l’Abito Domenicano dalle mani del Patriarca Domenico, che successivamente lo ebbe fedele compagno nei suoi viaggi apostolici. Di nobili genitori, fu allevato con molta cura. Quando era ancor fanciullo gli apparve un angelo che gli ordinò di astenersi per sempre dalla carne, perché un giorno sarebbe entrato in un Ordine dove l’astinenza era legge perpetua. Predicò in molte città d’Italia con immenso frutto e la sua ardente parola spesso era confermata da grandi miracoli. Fondò i Conventi di Trani e di Perugia, dove si conserva il suo corpo con molta venerazione. Fu terzo Provinciale della Provincia Romana, che allora si estendeva dalla Toscana alla Sicilia, che resse con forza e soavità per ben due mandati, si da rendere gradito ogni suo comando. Esortando un giorno i suoi religiosi alla vicendevole carità, confidò loro che gli era apparso, per chiedergli perdono, un religioso morto da poco, il quale gli era stato causa di non lievi dispiaceri. Avendolo esortato a chiedere perdono a Dio e non a lui, il colpevole gli aveva risposto che il Signore esigeva da lui questa soddisfazione per usargli misericordia: “Vedi Fra Niccolò quanto sia grave e pericoloso offendere il prossimo, e quanto più il non placarlo dopo averlo offeso”. Da Papa Gregorio IX ebbe l’incarico di visitare alcuni monasteri e di predicare la Crociata contro i Saraceni. Dopo lunghi anni di apostoliche fatiche si ritirò nel convento di Perugia. Qui gli apparve Fra Raone Romano, caro amico dei suoi più bei giorni di vita religiosa, il quale gli annunziò, da parte della Madonna, la sua vicina morte, che avvenne nel 1256, e che fu santa come tutta la sua vita. Papa Leone XII il 26 marzo 1828 ha confermato il culto.
Autore: Franco Mariani
SOURCE : http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90758
PAGLIA, Nicola di Giovinazzo,
beato
di Luciano Cinelli
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 80 (2014)
PAGLIA, Nicola di
Giovinazzo (Nicolaus de Iuvenatio, de Palea), beato. – Nacque a Giovinazzo
(Bari) alla fine del XII secolo da una famiglia nobile locale.
L’appartenenza al casato
dei Paglia, non attestata dalla documentazione coeva, è sostenuta dagli
storiografi domenicani di età moderna. Tuttavia, alla fine del XVII secolo lo
scrittore erudito Antonio Lupis di Molfetta, in una lettera ad Antonio Paglia
di Giovinazzo, negò l’appartenenza del beato al casato dei Paglia
rivendicandola al proprio, sulla scorta di quanto asserito dal suo antenato
Bisanzio Lupis, autore delle Cronache di Giovinazzo, pubblicate poi nel
1880 dallo storico locale Giuseppe De Ninno (Lupis, 1687, pp. 316-318).
È stata dimostrata
altresì l’infondatezza dell’identificazione di Nicola con l’omonimo Nicola di
Giovinazzo, attivo invece nella seconda metà del XIII secolo, il «sapiente
cristiano» (probabilmente esponente dello Studium di Napoli alla fine
degli anni Cinquanta), collaboratore di rabbi Mosè da Salerno per il commento
alla Guida dei perplessi di Mosè Maimonide (Rigo, 1999, pp. 61-146).
L’annalista domenicano
Girolamo Albertucci de’ Borselli (Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria, mss. Lat.
1999) colloca nell’agosto 1220 la vestizione di Paglia, allora studente di
diritto a Padova, che sarebbe avvenuta per le mani dello stesso s. Domenico
durante il suo passaggio in quella città. A Paglia viene poi attribuita la
fondazione del primo insediamento domenicano a Trani e il suo nome è legato
dalla letteratura agiografica ai primordi di altri conventi pugliesi e lucani,
come quelli di Brindisi (1223), di Matera e di Lucera (1233), ma tali notizie
non hanno alcun fondamento documentario (per un’attendibile datazione di questi
insediamenti domenicani, Tugwell, 2000, pp. 91, 94).
Fra il 1229 e il 1230
Paglia fu eletto priore della Provincia romana durante il capitolo tenutosi a
Firenze. Il 28 gennaio 1231 compare in qualità di provinciale in una lettera
inviata da papa Gregorio IX agli abati, ai priori, ai prevosti e alle abbadesse
della Tuscia, in cui il pontefice lo presenta, insieme ai confratelli Giovanni
da Salerno, priore di S. Maria Novella, e fra Federico, come degno della sua
stima «honestate vitae, scientia, prudentia et conversatione honesta» (Analecta
Sacri Ordinis Praedicatorum, 1897, n. 242, p. 507): i tre sono quindi
incaricati di recarsi come visitatori apostolici nei monasteri di quella
regione. Appena due giorni dopo, Paglia, sempre insieme a fra Giovanni e fra Federico,
ricevette l’incarico papale di visitatore dell’abbazia di S. Antimo (Siena),
nella diocesi di Chiusi, decaduta «per abbatis incuriam et malitiam
habitantium», al fine di riformarla «tam in capite quam in membris» (Analecta
Sacri Ordinis Praedicatorum, 1897, n. 243, pp. 507 s.).
Durante il mandato di
priore provinciale, Paglia inviò al maestro dell’Ordine Giordano di Sassonia,
immediato successore di Domenico, una relazione sul monastero di S. Sisto in
Roma, alla quale fa allusione lo stesso Giordano in una sua lettera alla beata
Diana degli Andalò, rassicurandola sul buon andamento di quella comunità. La
fondazione del convento di S. Domenico di Arezzo, attribuita a Paglia da Tomás
Malvenda (1627, p. 519) va collocata fra il 1232 e il 1233 (Tugwell, 2002, p.
85). Nello stesso periodo i domenicani si insediarono a Orvieto, come attesta
la cronaca di quel convento, che menziona Paglia anche quale fautore della
fondazione del convento di S. Domenico di Perugia, su richiesta di Giordano di
Sassonia (Caccia, 1907, p. 69).
La sezione trecentesca
della Cronaca del cenobio perugino conferma l’attribuzione della
paternità dell’insediamento a Paglia, che a Bologna aveva convertito il giovane
studente di Perugia Cristiano, rampollo della potente e aristocratica famiglia
degli Armanni. Insieme a questo, tra il 1233 e il 1234, chiese al Comune un
luogo dove poter edificare il convento.
Secondo Costantino
d’Orvieto, autore della Legenda sancti Dominici (1244), si deve
collocare in quel torno di tempo, nella notte tra il 23 e il 24 maggio 1233, la
partecipazione di Paglia alla solenne traslazione del corpo del santo
fondatore, voluta da Giordano di Sassonia su sollecitazione di Gregorio IX. La
notizia della sua partecipazione al capitolo di Bologna del 1233 in qualità di
provinciale della provincia romana, riportata dall’annalista domenicano
settecentesco Tommaso Mamachi, è stata invece dimostrata inattendibile
(Tugwell, 2002, pp. 85 s., 103 n.). Parimenti non è documentata la sua presenza
a Rieti in occasione della canonizzazione di Domenico di Caleruega, il 29
giugno (o 2 luglio) 1234, che tuttavia può essere plausibile, poiché ebbe luogo
nel territorio della provincia romana, di cui in quell’anno Paglia era a capo.
Gregorio IX, con una
lettera inviata da Rieti il 17 ottobre 1234, si rivolse a Paglia
sollecitandogli l’invio di due frati idonei «ut per Tusciam portent in
humilitate cordis et corporis verbum crucis», ossia per predicare la crociata,
così da raccogliere fondi per la spedizione in Terrasanta. L’anno successivo
Paglia terminò il suo mandato e gli successe Giovanni Colonna. Poi le fonti
tacciono su di lui per i due decenni seguenti.
La Chronica Ordinis,
posta in appendice alle Vitae fratrum di Gerardo di Frachet (databile
alla fine degli anni Cinquanta del XIII secolo) colloca nel 1255, anno del
capitolo provinciale di Napoli, il secondo mandato di Paglia come provinciale
romano – successore a sua volta di Giovanni Colonna, nominato arcivescovo di
Messina alla fine d’agosto dello stesso anno – e lo indicano come «vir
religiosus et litteratus et graciosissimus predicator» (Gerardus de Fracheto,
1896, p. 338).
La Chronica informa
anche che Paglia morì poco dopo, tra la fine del 1255 e gli inizi del 1256,
sicuramente prima della Pentecoste (4 giugno) del 1256, data di inizio del
capitolo generale di Parigi, al quale non partecipò.
Gli atti del capitolo
della Provincia romana, tenuto ad Anagni nel 1256, menzionano una disposizione
data da Paglia di portare a termine per il capitolo successivo un «opus
concordiarum» della Sacra Scrittura (Kaeppeli - Dondaine, 1941 p. 20), iniziato
probabilmente per sua iniziativa durante i pochi mesi del secondo mandato.
Le sue spoglie riposano
nella basilica di S. Domenico di Perugia. Leone XII nel 1828 ne confermò il
culto con il titolo di beato.
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Den salige Nikolas Paglia
(1197-1256)
Minnedag:
14. februar
Den salige Nikolas Paglia
[Palea] (it: Nicola) ble født i 1197 i Giovinazzo nær Bari i kongeriket Napoli
i Sør-Italia. Han kom fra en adelig napolitansk familie og var oppkalt etter
den hellige Nikolas
av Myra, skytshelgen for Bari. Som åtteåring praktiserte han allerede
botsøvelser. Han spiste aldri kjøtt, ikke en gang på festdager, fordi han hadde
hatt en visjon av en ung mann av stor majestet som ba ham forberede seg på et
liv i bot i en orden som praktiserte evig abstinens.
Han ble sendt til det
berømte universitetet i Bologna for å studere, og der hørte han den
hellige Dominikus forkynne.
Han sluttet seg selv straks til dominikanerne (Ordo Fratrum Praedicatorum –
OP), og han fulgte Dominikus på flere av hans reiser i Italia.
Det fortelles flere
legender om Nikolas. En gang da han var på reise sammen med flere ledsagere,
møtte han en kvinne med en vissen arm. Men ved å gjøre korsets tegn over henne
kurerte han henne på stedet. En gang han kom til hjembyen Bari, fant han en
kvinne som satt gråtende ved siden av liket av sin sønn, som hadde druknet i en
brønn. Han spurte kvinnen om barnets navn, og da hun sa at han het Andreas,
svarte Nikolas: «Etter dette er hans navn Nikolas. Nikolas, i Jesu Kristi navn,
stå opp!» Da kom gutten til seg selv og var like frisk. Datteren til hans
søster Colette var stum fra fødselen. En gang brakte hun sin berømte onkel en
kurv med brød. «Hvem sendte brødet, mitt barn?» spurte Nikolas henne. «Min
mor», svarte barnet, og fra da av var hun helbredet.
Nikolas fikk stort ry som
predikant. Ved en anledning prekte han i katedralen i Brescia, og da var det to
uærbødige unge menn begynte å forstyrre forsamlingen, og snart laget de et
slikt spetakkel at Nikolas ikke kunne høres. Han forlot da katedralen til en
høyde i nærheten og der tilkalte han fuglene for å høre på ham. Som fuglene i
historien om den hellige Frans av Assisi satte
store fugleflokker seg ved hans føtter og lyttet oppmerksomt mens han prekte,
og etter prekenen fløy de av gårde syngende. En gang ble han tilkalt til en
novise som hadde blitt besatt av djevelen og ikke ville gå til skrifte. Han
viste den unge mannen hans sjels sanne tilstand og omgjorde djevelens arbeid.
Nikolas ble provinsial
for ordenens romerske provins i 1230 og igjen i 1255, kort før sin død. Gerard
de Frachet i Vita Fratrum beskriver ham som «en hellig og klok mann,
vel bevandret i hellig lærdom». Som provinsial var han klok, forsiktig og
vennlig. Han grunnla dominikanerklostre i Perugia (1233) og Trani (1254),
Brindisi, Orvieto og Napoli, eventuelt også Todi ved Bari. Det sies at han kom
fra en adelig familie og hadde eiendommer i Giovinazzo i Paulia, og det kan ha
vært arv som gjorde ham i stand til å grunnlegge de to klostrene. Han kan også
ha vært ansvarlig for grunnleggelsen i Todi. Han mottok mange noviser og
arbeidet mye blant de unge ordensbrødrene. Han var til stede ved translasjonen
av Dominikus' relikvier i 1233.
Etter et liv med
forkynnelse og mirakler fikk Nikolas et forvarsel om sin død ved et besøk av en
bror som hadde vært død i mange år. Han døde i 1256 i Perugia. [Kildene Schauber/Schindler og Heiligenlexikon skriver
at han døde den 11. februar 1255.] Han ble gravlagt i kirken San Domenico i
byen. Det fortsatte å skje mirakler ved hans grav og gjennom hans forbønn. Han
ble saligkåret den 26. mars 1828 ved at hans kult ble stadfestet av pave Leo
XII (1823-29). Hans minnedag er 14. februar, men 11. februar og 16. februar
nevnes også. Det nye utkastet til Martyrologium Romanum sier at han døde i 1256
og har flyttet hans minnedag til 16. februar.
Kilder:
Attwater/Cumming, Butler (II), Benedictines, Schauber/Schindler, Index99, KIR,
Bautz, Heiligenlexikon, santiebeati.it - Kompilasjon og oversettelse:
p. Per Einar
Odden - Opprettet: 2000-06-25 21:10 -
Sist oppdatert: 2006-06-21 19:05
SOURCE : https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/npaglia
die
mächtige Dominikanerkirche in
Perugia
Nikolaus Palea
italienisch: Nicola Paglia
auch: Niccola de Iuvenatio
Gedenktag katholisch: 16. Februar
nicht gebotener Gedenktag im Dominikanerorden
Name bedeutet: der
Sieger über das / aus dem Volk (griech.)
Ordensprovinzial
* 1197 in Giovinazzo bei Bari in Italien
† 16. Februar 1256 (?) in Perugia in
Italien
Nikolaus, Sohn der
Adelsfamilie im Palazzo
Palea in Giovinazzo, ging zum Jura-Studium nach Bologna an die erste
Universität Europas; ihr Ort ist unbekannt, aber von ihr zeugen noch heute
die Gräber
der Glossatoren. 1.
Im Alter von 20 Jahren lernte er dort Dominikus kennen
und wurde - wohl 1220 - Mitglied der neuen Gemeinschaft des Dominikanerordens im
Pfarrhaus der damaligen Kirche San Nicolò delle Vigne - an der Stelle der
heutigen Basilika San
Domenico. Nach Abschluss seines Studiums und seiner Priesterweihe wurde er
ein treuer Begleiter von Dominikus auf verschiedenen Reisen. Nikolaus war ein
begnadeter Prediger, hatte die Gabe, Wunder zu wirken, und warb viele neue
Ordensangehörige. 1224 gründete er das damalige Kloster an San
Domenico in Trani in Apulien, 1233 das in Perugia.
Von 1230 bis 1235 und noch einmal 1255 war er Provinzial für
die Ordensprovinz Rom.
1233 war Nikolaus
anwesend bei der Übertragung der Gebeine des Dominikus durch Jordan
von Sachsen in die Klosterkirche nach
Bologna. Nikolaus förderte die Erstellung biblischer Konkordanzen und erhielt
er von Papst Gregor IX. den
Auftrag, einen weiteren Kreuzzug ins
Heilige Land zu organisieren.
Nikolaus wurde in
der Dominikanerkirche in
Perugia bestattet.
Kanonisation: Nikolaus'
Verehrung wurde am 26. März 1828 von Papst Leo XII. genehmigt.
1 Glossator, Kommentator nannte
man die Gelehrten, die die antiken römischen (Rechts-)texte interpretierten.
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