Where was Saint Nicholas born

He is said to have been born in the Anatolian seaport of Patara, Lycia, in Asia Minor to wealthy Christian parents. In one of the earliest attested and most ...

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According to tradition, he was born in the ancient Lycian seaport city of Patara, and, when young, traveled to Palestine and Egypt. He became ...

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Nicholas was born around 280 A.D. in Patara, in modern-day Turkey. ... Nicholas was the most popular saint in Europe. St. Nicholas was ...

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The true story of Santa Claus begins with Nicholas, who was born during the third century in the village of Patara in Asia Minor. At the time the area was ...

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What historians and theologians can agree on was that he born in the 4th century to a wealthy family in Patara, in present-day Turkey. Nicholas used his whole ...

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Nicholas was born at Patara, a seaside town in Licia, in southern Turkey, in the third century. He came from a good family that raised him as a Christian.

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Early Life. Saint Nicholas was born circa 280 in Patara, Lycia, an area that is part of present-day Turkey. He lost both of his parents as a ...

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He was born in the city of Patara in the region of Lycia (on the south coast of the Asia Minor peninsula), and was the only son of pious parents ...

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Saint Nicholas was born in Patara Turkey at the end of the 3rd century and became the bishop of the Christian church of Myra, in Lycia.

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