Who Is St. Nicholas (Santa Claus)?

[Dean]

St. Nicholas
Feastday: December 6 Patron of Bakers and Pawnbrokers

Was going to post the information of this link but the bulletin board said it was too long and wouldn't let me post it. So, if you're interested in finding out more about St. Nicholas, you'll just have to surf on over to the link below.

www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=371


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What nationality was St. Nicholas?

He was born in, "Patara in Lycia, a province of Asia Minor" which is now part of Turkey.

www.asiaminortours.com/history.htm

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Sorry I couldn't post it all.

[SunnyGirl]

Thanks for sharing ( ( ( ( Dean ) ) ) )

He is a patron saint also of Greece, Apulia, Sicily
and Loraine, and of many citiesand dioceses (including
Galway) and churches innumerable.

I found so much wonderful back ground on St. Nick....
In fact, I have a son named for him.... and I can't
for the life of me remember what his name day falls on?

My older son is Vasilious and his name day is New Years Day.

[Lin]

Thanks Dean! That is the same site I use with my class in late October when we research saints and write reports for All Saints day. It's a wonderful site! I liked the story of St. Nicholas. Thatnsk for sharingit with us here at EOR.

Many of you remember my 17 year old Schnauzer that died about 3 years ago. His middle name was Nicholas in homor of St. Nicholas. It also made his initials TNT liek dynamite.

LIN