Visions of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino

Champion of the Souls in Purgatory

Visions of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino

October 04, 2022

Visions of St. Nicholas of Tolentino

Champion of the Souls in Purgatory

Nicholas was the pride of the Augustinian Community which flourished in the northeastern section of Italy known as the Marches.  He was born in the year 1245, not too far from Tolentino where he spent most of his life as a religious.  His elderly parents had not been able to bear a child.  Late in life, they made a pilgrimage to Bari, petitioning Saint Nicholas of Bari to intercede with the Lord that they might bring a child into the world, never suspecting the impact that child would have on the history of the Church.  St. Nicholas was born and his parents named him after Saint Nicholas of Bari in thanksgiving.  He was the gift of their golden years.  They offered him back to the Lord, as his mother committed him to God at his baptism.  Parents, having a problem conceiving, often turn to St. Nicholas of Tolentino, Patron Saint of difficult births because of his …