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title: "St. Nicholas of Tolentino: Feast Day September 10 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-nicholas-of-tolentino/
description: "St. Nicholas of Tolentino, Priest, patron of the souls in purgatory. Remembered on September 10, died c. 1305. Read their life in Bless."
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Priest · Remembered on September 10

# St. Nicholas of Tolentino

St. Nicholas of Tolentino is remembered on September 10 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of the souls in purgatory.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [September 10](https://blessbible.app/saints/september/#10) |
| Title | Priest |
| Died | c. 1305 |
| Patron of | [the souls in purgatory](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#souls-in-purgatory) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Friday, September 10, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-nicholas-of-tolentino/#calendar) |

## Life

An Augustinian friar of the Italian Marches, thirty years in one friary, whose nights of prayer for the dead and days in the slums of Tolentino made him the first canonized of his order. Bidden in a dream by a suffering soul, he made the deliverance of the dead his life’s intention; the ‘bread of St. Nicholas’ is blessed for the sick in his memory.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Nicholas of Tolentino as patron of the souls in purgatory.

[Souls in purgatory](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#souls-in-purgatory)

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Nicholas of Tolentino. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Friday, September 10, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/09/10/) | Friday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time | Green | 1 Timothy 1:1-2, 12-14 · Psalm 16:1b-2a and 5, 7-8, 11 · See John 17:17b, 17a · Luke 6:39-42 |
| [Sunday, September 10, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/09/10/) | Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time | Green | Wisdom 9:13-18b · Psalm 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and 17 · Psalm 119:135 · Luke 14:25-33 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[September 9 St. Peter Claver](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-peter-claver/) [September 11 Sts. Protus and Hyacinth](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-protus-and-hyacinth/)

[All the saints of September](https://blessbible.app/saints/september/) [Born on September 10?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#09-10) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Nicholas of Tolentino

Remembered on September 10

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-nicholas-of-tolentino/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-nicholas-of-tolentino/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-nicholas-of-tolentino/#calendar)

In the app

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