Nicholas the Pilgrim


Nicholas the Pilgrim
Icon of St. Nicholas the Pilgrim
(Nicholas Peregrinus)
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Fool for Christ
Born1075
Steiri, Boeotia, Greece.
Died2 June 1094
Trani, Apulia, Italy.
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized1098, Papal State by Pope Urban II
Major shrineTrani Cathedral
FeastJune 2.
AttributesA beardless man wearing a brown robe and holding a cross, always bare-footed
PatronageYouth, homeless youth, the mentally ill, victims of bullying, dolphins, against dumbness

Nicholas the Pilgrim (Italian: Nicola il Pellegrino; Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος ο Προσκυνητής; 1075 – 2 June 1094), sometimes Nicholas of Trani, is a saint of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church.