Saint Nicholas Peregrinus
- Also known as
- Nicholas the Pilgrim
- 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, 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
- Print References
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints
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