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
Also
known as
- Nicola
Palea
- Nicola
the Prior
- Nicholas…
Memorial
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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
Died
Beatified
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-nicola-paglia/
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 e 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
»).
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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
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).
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
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
