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St. Nicholas Tavigli

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Franciscan martyr of Jerusalem, also called Nicholas Tavelic. A native of Dalmatia, he entered the Franciscans and subsequently worked in the region around Bosnia, especially among the Paterine heretics. He then went to the Holy Land to preach among the Muslims and was martyred at Jerusalem. He was canonized in 1970 by Pope Paul VI. 

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