# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Nicholas of Tolentino, Confessor
# (Sep 10) — pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/09-10*.txt at all; the
# "bmv" suffix variant at this date is unrelated/empty).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/09-10.txt, English/Sancti/09-10.txt.
# Lectio4-6 is this saint's own proper text, one continuous vita
# account, no internal break, combined into a single reading;
# Lectio7-9 are Common-of-a-Confessor (skipped). No responsory given.
id: st-nicholas-of-tolentino
readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    text:
      la: >-
        Nicolaus, Tolentinas a diuturno illíus civitátis domicílio appellátus, in oppido sancti
        Angeli in Piceno est natus piis paréntibus; qui, liberórum desidério Bárium voti causa
        profecti, ibique a sancto Nicoláo de futura prole confirmáti, quem suscepérunt fílium de
        illíus nómine appellarunt. Is ab infántia multárum virtútum, sed abstinéntiæ in primis,
        specimen dedit. Nam anno vix septimo, beátum ipsum Nicolaum imitatus, complures hebdomadæ
        dies jejunare cœpit; eamque póstea consuetúdinem retinuit, solo pane et aqua contentus.


        Adulta ætate, jam clericali milítiæ adscriptus et canonicus factus, cum quodam die
        concionatórem ordinis Eremitárum sancti Augustíni de mundi contemptu dicéntem audísset, eo
        sermóne inflammatus, statim eumdem ordinem est ingréssus. In quo tam exactam religiosæ vitæ
        ratiónem coluit, ut áspero vestítu, verbéribus et férrea catena corpus domans, atque a carne
        et omni fere obsónio ábstinens, caritate, humilitate, patiéntia ceterisque virtútibus, aliis
        prælucéret.


        Orándi assiduum studium, quamvis sátanæ insídiis varie vexátus et flagellis intérdum cæsus,
        non intermittebat. Demum, sex ante óbitum mensibus, singulis noctibus angelicum concentum
        audívit; cujus suavitate cum jam paradisi gaudia prægustaret, crebro illud Apóstoli
        repetebat: Cupio dissolvi, et esse cum Christo. Denique óbitus sui diem frátribus prædixit,
        qui fuit quarto Idus Septembris. Miraculis multis étiam post mortem cláruit; quibus rite et
        ordine cógnitis, ab Eugenio Papa quarto in Sanctórum númerum est relatus.
      en: >-
        This Nicholas is called Nicholas of Tolentino, because he lived in that town for most part
        of his life. He was born at St. Angelo, a place near Fermo, in the March of Ancona. His
        parents were godly people, and in their desire to have children, vowed and made a pilgrimage
        to the shrine of St. Nicholas at Bari, where they were assured of their wish, and therefore
        gave the name of Nicholas to the son whom they received. From his childhood the lad gave
        many good signs, but especially as regarded abstinence. In his seventh year, in imitation of
        his blessed name-sake, he began to fast upon several days in the week, which custom he
        always kept, and was content with only bread and water.


        After he reached man's estate, he enlisted himself in the army of the clergy, and was
        preferred to a Canonry. One day he chanced to hear a sermon upon contempt of the world
        delivered by a preacher of the Order of Hermits of St. Augustine, and was so moved by it
        that he forthwith entered that Order. As a Friar he was most strictly observant of that way
        of life. He subdued his body with rough clothing, stripes, and an iron chain. He never ate
        meat, and seldom any relish to his meals. And he was a burning and shining light of love,
        lowliness, long-suffering, and all other graces.


        He persisted in constant and earnest prayer, notwithstanding many troubles from the assaults
        of Satan, who sometimes even flogged him. Every night for six months before his death he
        heard Angels singing with such sweetness, that it was a fore-taste of the happiness of
        heaven, and he would often repeat the words of the Apostle: I have a desire to depart and to
        be with Christ. Lastly, he foretold to his brethren the day of his death, which was the 10th
        day of September. After his death also he was famous for miracles, and when due
        investigation had been made thereof, Pope Eugene IV enrolled his name among those of the
        Saints.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
