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A Saint for the Season
A post to rec.org.sca about various traditions surrounding St. Nicholas. By Susan Carroll-Clark.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/NICOLAA/St-Nicholas-art.html
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Bishop Nicholas of Myra: Legends and sources
A look behind the Santa Claus and Father Christmas legends to the real St. Nicholas: an orphaned boy who became a bishop, and who gave away all his wealth to the poor and especially to children in trouble.
http://www.seanet.com/~eldrbarry/rabb/folk/stnick.htm
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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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11063b.htm
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Catholic Online: St. Nicholas
Fairly long article about the bishop of Myra.
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=371
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Domestic-Church.com: Saint Nicholas
Three accounts of the story of St. Nicholas: for infants through children age 8, children 8-14, and age 14 through adults. By Catherine Fournier.
http://www.domestic-church.com/CONTENT.DCC/19981101/SAINTS/nicholas.htm
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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia: St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
A short history of the saint.
http://cygnus.uwa.edu.au/~jgrapsas/pages/st_nicholas.htm
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How Nicholas Archbishop of Myra Became "San Nicola di Bari" in 1087
Historical narrative tracing the history of Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra, to his final resting place in Bari, Italy.
http://members.aol.com/nonstopny/25anniv/barese.htm
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How the Dutch of "New Amsterdam" Brought St. Nick to N.Y. with Them
The reason New Yorkers and Americans celebrate St. Nicholas is that Dutch immigrants brought their traditions about Sinter Klaas with them.
http://members.aol.com/nonstopny/25anniv/stnicola.htm
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Lives of Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Bishop, Confessor. From the book "Lives of Saints", published by John J. Crawley.
http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/NICHOLAS.htm
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Lives of the Saints: St. Nicholas
Confessor, Archbishop of Myra. From Fr. Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints.
http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/STNICH.htm
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Nicholas of Myra (Bari)
Recounts many pious legends about St. Nicholas.
http://users.erols.com/saintpat/ss/1206.htm#nich
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Nicholas, Saint
Short entry in the Columbia Encyclopedia.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ni/NichlsSt.html
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Orthodox America: St. Nicholas
A detailed history of the saint, the meaning of the name Santa Claus, and the origin of the Christmas stocking.
http://www.roca.org/oa/5/5m.htm
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Patron Saints Index: Nicholas of Myra
Profile of St. Nicholas. Illustrated. Gives as variants on the saint's name: Mikulas, Nicolas, Niklas, Klaus, Santa Claus, Nicholas of Bari, and Nicolaas.
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintn01.htm
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Sacred Heart Parish: St. Nicholas
About St. Nicholas, and how he came to be the patron saint of such diverse groups of people.
http://www.hullp.demon.co.uk/SacredHeart/saint/StNicholas.htm
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Saint Nicholas Cathedral: Saint Nicholas
History, icon, and troparion hymn for their patron saint.
http://www.stnicholasla.com/stnicholas.htm
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Saint Nicholas Page
Information centered on the Orthodox Christian understanding and teaching about this Bishop of Myra in Lycia, patron saint of children, mariners, and Russia. Popular culture knows him as Santa Claus, Saint Nick, Sinter Klaus, and other names. Include
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7175/stnich-page.html
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Saint Therese Byzantine Catholic Church: St. Nicholas of Myra
Short profile of the patron saint of the Byzantine Catholic Church.
http://www.byzantines.net/st-therese/StNicholas.htm
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Santa Claus
The righteous St. Nicholas is the true personality behind Santa Claus or Baba Noel.
http://www.stgeorge.bc.ca/Saints/Display.cfm?SaintID=28
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Santa's Hometown
About travel in Myra today.
http://www.walkabouttravelgear.com/myra.htm
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St. George Coptic Orthodox 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.
http://www.stgeorge.bc.ca/Saints/Display.cfm?SaintID=27
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St. Peter and St. Paul Orthodox Church: St. Nicholas
A tribute to the saint and a photograph of the ikon on the east wall of the north transept of the church.
http://www.sspeterpaul.org/st_nick.htm
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Symeon Metaphrastes
Excerpts from "The Life of Nicholas" by Symeon Metaphrastes.
http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/REALNICK.htm
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The Ecole Glossary: Nicholas of Myra
"Little that withstands the scrutiny of modern eyes is known about this popular saint."
http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/glossary/nicholas.html
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The History of Santa Claus
For young children.
http://www.wowcom.net/christmas97/day16/index.html
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The Life of Saint Nicholas the Bishop
From "The Golden Legend," by Jacobus de Voragine. William Caxton translation, slightly modernized.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/goldenlegend/GL-vol2-nicholas.html
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The Life of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
Life of the Holy Hierarch and Wonderworker Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia. Long. With ikons.
http://www.stmichael.org/doodad.fcgi?tcode=10&story=hagiagraphy3202003123035.shtml
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The Life of the Holy Hierarch and Wonderworker Nicholas
A brief history. Hear the Apolitikion of Saint Nicholas using RealAudio player.
http://www.saintnicholas.org/stnickhistory.htm
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The Saint Nicholas Center
Discover the truth of Santa Claus begins with Nicholas.
http://www.stnicholascenter.org/
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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.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/nicholas-bari.html
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Who Is the Real Santa Claus?
A breezy retelling of the story of St. Nicholas.
http://www.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Comet/html/lyrics.html
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