The
heavens are not pure in the sight of Him Whom I serve; how then shall
I, a sinful man, stand before Him?
-–
Saint Nicholas of
Tolentino
Saint
Nicholas of Tolentino's
patronage: animals; babies; boatmen; diocese of
Cabanatuan, Philippines; dying people; Lambunao, Philippines;
Guimbal, Iloilo, mariners; diocese of Mati; holy souls; Philippines;
sailors; sick animals; souls in purgatory; diocese of Tandag,
Philippines; watermen; patron saint of Surigao City, La Huerta,
Parañaque City and Buli and Cupang in Muntinlupa City, San Nicolas,
Ilocos Norte a town named after St. Nicholas De Tolentino, Banton,
Romblon in the Philippines; patron saint of La Aldea de San Nicolás
in the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Island, Spain