BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — Many people and famous Christmas songs refer to Santa Claus as Saint Nicholas, or St. Nick for short — but he’s far from the only figure in history to have that title.

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. He is one of the most popular saints of the Church, even though there is scarcely anything historically certain about him except that he was Bishop ...

Archaeologists in Türkiye believe they’ve uncovered the burial site of Saint Nicholas, the fourth-century Christian bishop who later became the inspiration for Santa Claus. Beneath the Church ...

In L.D. Chrupcala ed. Christ Is Here! Studies in Biblical and Christian Archaeology in Memory of Michele Piccirrillo, OFM (SBF Collectio Maior 52). Milan. Pp. 185–220. Sevčenko P.N. 1983. The Life of ...

stories from the life of St. Nicholas, as well as the figures of the Madonna and the Christ child, St. Francis of Assisi, St. John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene. The price tag of about 360,000 ...