St. Nicholas of Tolentino Entered Religious Life in his Teens after Hearing a Key Verse in a Sermon! Patron Saint of Babies, Animals, and the Dying - Saint of Sept. 10

Born at Sant' Angelo, near Fermo, in the March of Ancona, about 1246; died on the 10th of September, 1306. He is depicted in the black habit of the Hermits of St. Augustine — a star above him or on his breast, a lily, or a crucifix garlanded with lilies, in his hand. (biography continues below video)
Prayer for the Intercession of St. Nicholas -O God, source of strength and courage, you gave your beloved preacher, Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, the conviction of faith to the very end. Grace us with the ability to translate your teaching into action, remain patient amid hardship, serve the poor and those who suffer, and live as your true and faithful servants. Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, pray for us. Lord, you worked miracles of healing and comfort at the hands of St. Nicholas: hear all who cry to you in distress, in sickness and in every danger of soul and body, and save them in your mercy. Almighty God, your glory shone upon the Church through the holiness and miracles of St. Nicholas of Tolentino. In answer to his prayers, keep your holy people in peace and unity. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen (Can be said as a Novena for 9 days with an Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be each day)

Sometimes, instead of the lily, he holds a vial filled with money or bread. His parents, said to have been called Compagnonus de Guarutti and Amata de Guidiani (these surnames may merely indicate their birth-places), were pious folk, perhaps gentle born, living content with a small substance. Nicholas was born in response to prayers, his mother a model of holiness. He excelled so much in his studies that even before they were over he was made a canon of St. Saviour's church; but hearing a sermon by a hermit of St. Augustine upon the text: "Nolite diligere mundum, nec ea quae sunt in mundo, quia mundus transit et concupiscentia ejus", (Do not love the world, nor the things that are in the world, because the world is passing away, and its desire) he felt a call to embrace the religious life. He besought the hermit for admittance into his order. His parents gave a joyful consent. Even before his ordination he was sent to different monasteries of his order, at Recanati, Macerata etc., as a model of generous striving after perfection. He made his profession before he was nineteen. 

Miraculous Bread

Weak and gravely ill, he received a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She told him to take a small piece of bread, moisten it in water, and eat it. He obeyed, and his fever and exhaustion vanished instantly. Following his recovery, St. Nicholas began blessing bread and giving it to the sick and suffering in his community, who experienced miraculous healings.  Augustinian churches historically blessed and distributed small bread rolls (panecillos) marked with a cross in memory of this miracle. In the Philippines, where he is the patron of bakers, this tradition evolved into Panecillos de San Nicolás, which are intricately carved, buttery, arrowroot shortbread cookies blessed and shared on his feast day. 

After his ordination he preached with wonderful success, notably at Tolentino, where he spent his last thirty years and gave a discourse nearly every day. Towards the end diseases tried his patience, but he kept up his mortifications almost to the hour of death. He possessed an angelic meekness, a guileless simplicity, and a tender love of virginity, which he never stained, guarding it by prayer and extraordinary mortifications. He was canonized by Eugene IV in 1446; his feast is celebrated on 10 September. His tomb, at Tolentino, is held in veneration by the faithful.

Text shared from the Catholic Encyclopedia and https://www.midwestaugustinians.org/st-nicholas-of-tolentine