Saint Nicolò Politi

Nicolò Politi, born on August 3, 1117, to noble parents in Italy, was destined for a life of nobility and privilege. However, at the age of seventeen, he fled his arranged marriage and joined the Basilians as a monk. For several decades, he lived a reclusive existence in a mountain cave, returning each weekend to the Basilian convent for the sacraments before retreating back into solitude....