Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Nicholas of Fle, Saint Confessor, hermit; born near Sachseln, Switzerland, 1411; died 1481. He was a cantonal judge who, after many years of married life, became a hermit and was noted for his prophetic powers and his supernatural gift of abstinence from food. Represented as a warrior, or as the champion of the Swiss. Beatified … Continue reading “Nicholas of Flüe, Saint”

Nicholas of Fluuml;e, Blessed (DE RUPE). Born 21 March, 1417, on the Flüeli, a fertile plateau near Sachseln, Canton Obwalden, Switzerland; died 21 March, 1487, as a recluse in a neighboring ravine, called Ranft. He was the oldest son of pious, well-to-do peasants and from his earliest youth was fond of prayer, practiced mortification, and … Continue reading “Nicholas of Fluuml;e, Blessed”

Nicholas Of England a monastic who flourished near the close of the 12th century, is noted in the history. of Christian doctrine as the decided advocate of the Romish ultramontane view regarding the immaculate conception of Mary. He wrote in most severe and condemnatory terms against abbot De la Celle, afterwards celebrated as bishop of … Continue reading “Nicholas Of England”

Nicholas of Cusa Cardinal, born Cues, Germany, c.1401; died Todi, Umbria, 11 August 1464. At the Council of Basel he labored for a reform of the calendar and the union of Christendom, but upheld the superiority of the council over the pope, though he, as legate to Germany, was particularly noted for his reform work … Continue reading “Nicholas Of Cusa”

Nicholas Of Clemange SEE CLEMANGE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Nicholas Of Basle the great lay-preacher of the Middle Ages, and a leader of the Mystics in the 14th century, the man who taught Tauler (q.v.) that God’s illuminating grace was not confined to the Church of Rome or her clergy, but comes to every one of God’s people directly from Jesus Christ himself, was … Continue reading “Nicholas Of Basle”

Nicholas of Bari, Saint Confessor, Bishop of Myra; born Patara, Lycia, Asia Minor; died Myra, c.352. Although he is popular in the Greek as well as the Latin Church, nothing is historically certain about him except that he was Bishop of Myra in the 4th century. In his youth he is supposed to have made … Continue reading “Nicholas of Bari, Saint”

Nicholas Of Argentine SEE NICHOLAS OF STRASBURG. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Nicholas Justiniani Date of birth unknown, became monk in the Benedictine monastery of San Niccoló del Lido at Venice in 1153. When, in a military expedition of the Venetians in 1172, all the other members of the family of the Justiniani perished in the Ægean Sea near the Island of Chios, the Republic of Venice … Continue reading “Nicholas Justiniani”

Nicholas IV, Pope Reigned from 15 February 1288 to 4 April 1292 . Born on 30 September 1227 in Ascoli, Italy as Girolamo Masci; died on 4 April 1292 in Rome, Italy . He was a Franciscan , general of his order, mediator between France and Castile , and cardinal -bishop of Palestrina. As pope … Continue reading “Nicholas IV, Pope”