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Nicola Paglia
Italian Roman Catholic friar and blessed
BlessedResearchedDominican Order
Feast: 16 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1197
Died
1256
Beatified
26 March 1828
unverified
Canonised
—
not yet
Who they were
At Perugia, commemoration of Blessed Nicola Paglia, priest of the Order of Preachers, who received the habit and the charge of preaching from Saint Dominic.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 16 February as a Dominican priest who received the habit and the charge of preaching from Saint Dominic.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 16 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q26246988 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Nicola Paglia (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.