Nicholas the Pilgrim
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Nicholas was born at [[Steiri]] in [[Boeotia]], [[Greece]], where his solitary life as a shepherd led him to contemplative spirituality, as part of which he developed the constant repetition of the phrase ''[[Kyrie Eleison]]''.{{cite book |last1=Slootjes |first1=Daniëlle |last2=Verhoeven |first2=Mariette |title=Byzantium in Dialogue with the Mediterranean History and Heritage |date=25 March 2019 |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004393585 |pages=124–127 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I8KODwAAQBAJ |access-date=4 July 2023}} This brought him conflict and aggression in populated places, and he suffered much oppression.Archdiocese of Trani, Barletta, Bisceglie and Nazareth (publ.), 2004: ''San Nicola il Pellegrino: Atti, testimonianze e liturgie in occasione dei festeggiamenti del IX centenario della sua morte. 10 anni dopo''. Trani His mother, believing that he was possessed by demons, sent him to live at the [[Hosios Loukas|Hosios Loukas monastery]] but the monks became annoyed with his almost insane behaviour, such as the constant exclamation of the Kyrie Eleison, and expelled him. |
Nicholas was born at [[Steiri]] in [[Boeotia]], [[Greece]], where his solitary life as a shepherd led him to contemplative spirituality, as part of which he developed the constant repetition of the phrase ''[[Kyrie Eleison]]''.{{cite book |last1=Slootjes |first1=Daniëlle |last2=Verhoeven |first2=Mariette |title=Byzantium in Dialogue with the Mediterranean History and Heritage |date=25 March 2019 |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004393585 |pages=124–127 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I8KODwAAQBAJ |access-date=4 July 2023}} This brought him conflict and aggression in populated places, and he suffered much oppression.Archdiocese of Trani, Barletta, Bisceglie and Nazareth (publ.), 2004: ''San Nicola il Pellegrino: Atti, testimonianze e liturgie in occasione dei festeggiamenti del IX centenario della sua morte. 10 anni dopo''. Trani His mother, believing that he was possessed by demons, sent him to live at the [[Hosios Loukas|Hosios Loukas monastery]] but the monks became annoyed with his almost insane behaviour, such as the constant exclamation of the Kyrie Eleison, and expelled him. |
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When he was nineteen, Nicholas decided to go on a [[pilgrimage]] to [[Rome]]. In [[Naupaktos]] he embarked on a ship to [[Otranto]] and spent some time in the Greek-populated regions in [[Apulia]] before dying in [[Trani]].[https://www.dehoniane.it/9788810000052-ad-ogni-passo-ad-ogni-battito Natale Albino, Ad ogni passo, ad ogni battito. Storia del pellegrino Nicola, Edizioni Dehoniane Bologna (EDB), Bologna 2024] |
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==Veneration== |
==Veneration== |
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