Nicholas the Pilgrim

Nicholas the Pilgrim
Saint; Nicholas the Pilgrim
	Icon of St. Nicholas the Pilgrim; (Nicholas Peregrinus).
Fool for Christ
Born	1075; Steiri, Boeotia, Greece.
Died	2 June 1094; Trani, Apulia, Italy.
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Canonized	1098, Papal State by Pope Urban II[1]
Major shrine	Trani Cathedral
Feast	June 2.[1][2][3]

Nicholas the Pilgrim (Italian: Nicola il Pellegrino; 1075 – 2 June 1094), sometimes Nicholas of Trani, is a saint of the Roman Catholic church.

Figure of Saint Nicholas during the annual procession in his honour in Trani

He was born in Steiri in Boeotia, Greece, where his solitary life as a shepherd led him to contemplative spirituality, as part of which he developed the constant repetition of the phrase Kyrie Eleison. This brought him conflict and aggression in populated places, and he suffered much oppression.[4]

He died while on pilgrimage in Apulia, where he is venerated particularly in Trani. Trani Cathedral is dedicated to him, and he is the patron saint of the city.[5]

His feast day is 2 June.[2] The annual procession through Trani in his honour is held in the last week of July.[4] In Orthodox tradition he is regarded as a Fool for Christ.[2][6]

References

Matthew Bunson and Margaret Bunson. Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints. Second Edition. Our Sunday Visitor, 2014. p. 616. ISBN 978-1612787169
June 2. Orthodox England: Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome (St John's Orthodox Church, Colchester). Retrieved: 10 July 2017.
The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 292.
Archdiocese of Trani, Barletta, Bisceglie and Nazareth (publ.), 2004: San Nicola il Pellegrino: Atti, testimonianze e liturgie in occasione dei festeggiamenti del IX centenario della sua morte. 10 anni dopo. Trani
Santiebeati.it: San Nicola il Pellegrino
(in Greek) "Άγιος Νικόλαος ο Προσκυνητής ο δια Χριστόν σαλός." In: ΠΕΤΡΙΔΗΣ ΙΚΑΡΟΣ. ΕΜΠΑΙΖΟΝΤΕΣ «ΗΜΕΙΣ ΜΩΡΟΙ ΔΙΑ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΝ...» ΜΟΡΦΗ ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ. Μάρτιος 2008. ISBN 978-9608924178.

External links

Santiebeati.it: San Nicola il Pellegrino (in Italian)
Traniviva.it (official portal of the municipality of Trani): account of Saint Nicholas of Trani (in Italian)

Sources

Cioffari, Gerardo, 1994: San Nicola Pellegrino. Levante editore
Archdiocese of Trani, Barletta, Bisceglie and Nazareth (publ.), 2004: San Nicola il Pellegrino: Atti, testimonianze e liturgie in occasione dei festeggiamenti del IX centenario della sua morte. 10 anni dopo. Trani

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[BUNSON-1] Matthew Bunson and Margaret Bunson. Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints. Second Edition. Our Sunday Visitor, 2014. p. 616. ISBN 978-1612787169

[LATIN-2] June 2. Orthodox England: Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome (St John's Orthodox Church, Colchester). Retrieved: 10 July 2017.

[3] The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 292.

[Archd-4] Archdiocese of Trani, Barletta, Bisceglie and Nazareth (publ.), 2004: San Nicola il Pellegrino: Atti, testimonianze e liturgie in occasione dei festeggiamenti del IX centenario della sua morte. 10 anni dopo. Trani

[5] Santiebeati.it: San Nicola il Pellegrino

[6] (in Greek) "Άγιος Νικόλαος ο Προσκυνητής ο δια Χριστόν σαλός." In: ΠΕΤΡΙΔΗΣ ΙΚΑΡΟΣ. ΕΜΠΑΙΖΟΝΤΕΣ «ΗΜΕΙΣ ΜΩΡΟΙ ΔΙΑ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΝ...» ΜΟΡΦΗ ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ. Μάρτιος 2008. ISBN 978-9608924178.