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Detail Of The BasRelief Tomb Portrait Of Blessed Nicholas Date And Artist Unknown External Portical Of The Church Of San Onofrio Al Gianicolo Rome Italy Photographed On 2 August 2006 By Lalupa And Image
Detail Of The BasRelief Tomb Portrait Of Blessed Nicholas Date And Artist Unknown External Portical Of The Church Of San Onofrio Al Gianicolo Rome Italy Photographed On 2 August 2006 By Lalupa And Image

Blessed Nicola Da Forca Palena

Also known as: Nicholas of Forca Palena; Nikolaus von Forca Palena

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

29 September (Roman Martyrology); 1 October (Franciscans); formerly 30 September on some calendars

Born

10 September 1349 in Forca, Chieti in the former Papal States (modern Italy)

Died

29 September or 1 October (records vary) in 1449 in Rome, Italy of natural causes; buried under the floor of the church of Sant’Onofrio in Rome; relics re-interred under the main altar of that church in 1712

Beatified

27 August 1771 by Pope Clement XIV (cultus confirmation)

Biography

Blessed Nicola Da Forca Palena, also known as Nicholas of Forca Palena or Nikolaus von Forca Palena, was born on September 10, 1349, in Forca, Chieti in the former Papal States, now modern Italy. Not much is known about his early life and family background.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1771-08-27 by 27 August 1771 by Pope Clement XIV (cultus confirmation)

Feast Days

September 29October 1September 30

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