Nicola Saggio
Italian Minim
Nicola Saggio was an Italian Roman Catholic professed oblate of the Order of Minims.
He was beatified on 17 September 1786 and was canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on 23 November 2014.
Life
Nicola Saggio was born on 6 January 1650 in Longobardi, a small town on the Tyrrhenian coast. His parents were Fulvio Saggio, a farmer, and Aurelia Saggio née Pizzini. He was the first of five children. He was baptized "Giovanni Battista Clemente" on 10 January 1650.
His parents raised him with high moral and spiritual values. He worked in the fields, his parents not having the means to pay for his studies. Giovanni visited the convent of the Minims which made him desire the religious life as his path in life. Despite his parents' opposition, he joined the Franciscan Minims at the Paola monastery, taking the name "Nicolas".
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