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Saint Nicholas: The Original Santa Claus

Saint Nicholas: The Original Santa Claus

Saint Nicholas lived in Myra, a city in the province of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) during the fourth century. His parents died when he was a teenager and ...

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Saint Nicholas: Fact or Fiction?

Saint Nicholas: Fact or Fiction?

Saint Nicholas of Myra, who died in 335, and Saint Nicholas of Sion, who died in 564, are not the same fellow, says English. “Typically, that distinction is ...

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Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas

And yet historically, we can pinpoint only the fact that Nicholas was the fourth-century bishop of Myra, a city in Lycia, a province of Asia Minor. As with many ...

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