On this day, the 19th of December (December 6 according to the Julian calendar), the Church celebrates the memory of one of her most beloved saints—St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra and Lycia. We ...

that of St. Nicholas of Bari and Myra, because he was given the first name last, since his his relics are reposed there, and the second name comes from his Bishopric see in Asia Minor. he is our ...

Saint Nicholas was born in Lycia in Asia Minor ... anything historically certain about him except that he was Bishop of Myra in the fourth century. As a young man he is said to have made a ...

It is hard to imagine the cheery, plump version of Santa Claus emerged from Saint Nicholas, the 4th century Bishop of Myra who ... but after a prayer to Jesus and Mother Mary, the holy figures ...

or St. Nick for short — but he’s far from the only figure in history to have that title. There was, indeed, a real Christian bishop who used the same moniker: Nicholas of Myra, also known as ...

Scientists used data from the skull of Saint Nicholas of Myra — whose penchant for gift-giving prompted the legend of Father Christmas — to “forensically recreate” his white-bearded likeness.

Who Was Saint Nicholas Of Myra, The Inspiration For Santa Claus? Saint Nicholas of Myra was born in 270 C.E. in Patara, Lycia, then within the Roman Empire and now part of Türkiye. Much about his ...