But was Jesus actually born in December ... “By the Renaissance, St. Nicholas was the most popular saint in Europe. Even after the Protestant Reformation, when the veneration of saints began ...

St. Nicholas, best known as the patron saint of ... but after a prayer to Jesus and Mother Mary, the holy figures returned him appropriate clothes and loosened his chains. The miracle had quite ...

While in prison, the tale continues, Nicholas was visited by Jesus and the Virgin Mary, who promptly freed him from his chains and restored his vestments. The date of Saint Nicholas’s death is ...

Saint Nicholas of Myra was an early Christian saint ... and had the courage to defend and live the teachings of Jesus Christ, even at the risk of his life. "He challenged the authorities ...