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Monday, August 17
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Luna Crescens
Blessed Nicholas Politi
Adrano (Aderno), Catania, Sicily, Italy
Blessed Nicholas Politi, also known as Nicolú Politi, was born in 1117 in Adrano (Aderno), Catania, Sicily, Italy. He was born into a noble family as the only child of aged parents.
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Gaudete et Exsultate, 32
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