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Nicholas Peregrinus
June 2, miracle


Source: Catholicsaints.info



Also known as

-Nicholas the Pilgrim
-Nicola Pellegrino di Trani
Memorial

-2 June
Profile

-Moved from Greece to Apulia, Italy as a teenager where he wandered the streets carrying a cross and crying “Kyrie Eleison” (“Lord, have mercy”). Groups of children would follow him, also crying “Kyrie Eleison”. Noted for his piety and personal holiness, but considered a lunatic by the locals. Many miracles reported at his tomb.

Born



-1075 in Greece
Died

-1094 in Trani, Italy of natural causes
Canonized

-1098 by Pope Blessed Urban II
Patronage

-Trani, Italy

 








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