Saint of the Day: September 10th - Saint Nicholas of Tolentino.
Butlere'sLivesoftheSaints A.D. 1306. This saint received his surname from the town which was his fixed residence for the most considerable part of his life, and in which he died. He was a native of Saint Angelo, a town near Fermo, in the Marca of Ancona, and was born about the year 1245. His parents were of mean condition in the world, but rich in virtue, and he was reputed the fruit of their prayers, and a devout pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Nicholas of Bari, in which his mother especially, who was then stricken in years, had earnestly begged of God a son who should faithfully serve him. At his baptism he received the name of his patron, and appeared by his towardly dispositions from his infancy to be prevented by an extraordinary share of divine grace. In his childhood he spent whole hours together at his prayers with wonderful application of his mind to God, and he heard the divine word with the utmost eagerness, …More