Saint Solomon Le Clerq, also known as Guillaume-Nicolas-Louis Leclerq, Nicholas Leclerq, Salomon Leclerq, Salomone LeClercq, and Solomon Leclerq, was born on 14 November 1745 in Boulogne-ser-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France, to a wealthy French wine merchant. Despite his father's wish for him to join the family business, Nicholas felt a strong calling to the religious life from an early age. On...