Nicola Paglia (1197 – 16 February 1256) was an Italian Catholic priest and member of the Order of Preachers.

[1] Paglia – during his period of novitiate – exhibited an exceptional determination to make great progress in his spiritual life towards God and was known to convert Jewish people to the Christian faith.

[2] Paglia served two terms as provincial of the order's Roman province and he founded convents in Perugia where he settled in.

Near the end of his life he obtained permission to fade from his public and active pastoral career to dedicate his time to preparation for his approaching death.

[1] The confirmation of the late priest's local 'cultus' – or popular devotion – allowed for Pope Leo XII to approve of Paglia's beatification on 26 March 1828.