Surf these sites: About.com -- The Real Santa. So, how did a fourth-century bishop from Turkey get to be the patron saint of Moscow? From About.com''s Russian Culture section. American Romanian Orthodox Youth -- Biographical portrait of their patron saint, beloved in the Christian East and West. Catholic Encyclopedia -- St. Nicholas of Myra, fourth-century bishop in Asia Minor. Also called St. Nicholas of Bari because his relics were translated there in the eleventh century. Catholic Online -- Fairly long article about St. Nicholas, bishop of Myra. Catholic World News -- How to Separate Saint Nicholas from Commercial Hype. Op-ed piece. "When it comes to Santa, truth is better than fiction." Christmas Information Services -- "Real Saint Nick" at Christmas.com. The story of "the patron saint of just about everything". Suitable for older children, teens, and adults. Comet -- "Who Is the Real Santa Claus?" A breezy retelling of the story of St. Nicholas. Domestic-Church -- Three accounts: for infants through children age 8, children 8-14, and age 14 through adults. By Catherine Fournier. For All the Saints -- Recounts many pious legends about St. Nicholas. Lives of Saints -- St. Nicholas of Myra, Bishop, Confessor. From the book "Lives of Saints", published by John J. Crawley. Lives of the Saints -- St. Nicholas, Confessor, Archbishop of Myra. From Fr. Alban Butler''s Lives of the Saints. Patron Saints Index -- Profile of St. Nicholas of Myra. Illustrated. Gives as variants on the saint''s name: Mikulas, Nicolas, Niklas, Klaus, Santa Claus, Nicholas of Bari, and Nicolaas. Saint George Orthodox Coptic Church: Santa Claus -- The righteous St. Nicholas is the true personality behind Santa Claus or Baba Noel. Saint George Orthodox Coptic Church: St. Nicholas the Wonderworker -- Hagiography of St. Nicholas, archbishop of Myra. Tells the story of him striking Arius with his hand at First Nicaea. Saint Michael Orthodox Church -- The Life of the Holy Hierarch and Wonderworker Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia. Long. With ikons. Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church -- A Miracle Wrought by Saint Nicholas the WonderWorker in Kiev in the 1920s. Saint Therese Byzantine Catholic Church -- Short profile of St. Nicholas, patron saint of the Byzantine Catholic Church. Santa''s Workshop -- History of Santa Claus. For young children. Susan Carroll-Clark -- "A Saint for the Season". A post to rec.org.sca about various traditions surrounding St. Nicholas. Symeon Metaphrastes -- Excerpts from "The Life of Nicholas" by Symeon Metaphrastes. The Ecole Glossary -- "Little that withstands the scrutiny of modern eyes is known about this popular saint." The Translation of Saint Nicholas -- An anonymous Greek account of the removal of the saint''s body from Myra to Bari. Translated from a thirteenth-century manuscript. Walkabout Travel Gear -- About travel in Myra today.
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