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Nikola was a Franciscan friar and priest. He was a missionary to Bosnia for 12 years; reports of the day say that the friars brought 50,000 to Christianity. He was a missionary to Palestine in 1384. HGe was martyred by the Muslim authorities.
Born
- c.1340 in Šibenik, Šibensko-Kninska, Croatia
Died
- burned alive on 14 November 1391 near the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem
Beatified
- 6 June 1889 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)
- 12 June 1966 by Pope Paul VI (decree of martyrdom)
Canonized
- 21 June 1970 by Pope Paul VI
- the first Croatian saint canonized in the modern process
Source: http://catholicsaints.mobi/calendar/14-november.htm
