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	Domestic-Church.Com: Saint Profile: Saint Nicholas
		Nicholas heard about this family and wanted to help them, but he did not want anyone to know that he was the one who was helping them.
		Nicholas was quite young when his parents died of the plague leaving him the sole heir of their vast possessions.
		Nicholas was thereafter honored as patron saint of unwed maidens.
	www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/19981101/SAINTS/nicholas.htm (1785 words)

	Saint Nicholas of Myra - Holy Hierarch and Wonderworker
		What is actually known about Nicholas is little, but as far as can be determined he was born toward the end of the 3rd century the son of Theophanes, a celebrity in his own right in the city of Patara in Lycia in Asia Minor, part of the Eastern Roman Empire.
		The story goes that Nicholas was present at the council and was so incensed by the heretic's arrogance that he struck him, for which reason he was expelled by the council fathers.
		Nicholas is nowhere to be found on the lists of bishops who attended the council.
	www.byzantines.net /epiphany/nicholas.htm (846 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Nicholas of Myra
		Bishop of Myra in Lycia; died 6 December, 345 or 352.
		The numerous miracles St. Nicholas is said to have wrought, both before and after his death, are outgrowths of a long tradition.
		The traditional legends of St. Nicholas were first collected and written in Greek by Metaphrastes in the tenth century.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11063b.htm (372 words)

	Turkish Odyssey/Places of Interest/Mediterranean/Turquoise Cost
		Myra was always one of the most important cities in Lycia, and during the Hellenistic period was one of the six cities in the Lycian League that had the maximum quota of three votes at meetings of the federation.
		Saint Nicholas was born in Patara and became the bishop of the Christian church of Myra, in Lycia, about whom little is known with certainty.
		Nicholas was buried in a tomb outside the city of Myra over which a chapel was subsequently erected.
	www.turkishodyssey.com /places/medit/medit1.htm (1836 words)

	St. Nicholas
		Nicholas increased his fervour in these and all other virtues with his years, especially when he had devoted himself to a religious life in the monastery of Holy Sion, near Myra, of which house he was made abbot by the archbishop, its founder.
		Myra, the capital, three miles from Patara and from the sea, was an archiepiscopal see, founded by St. Nicander, of so great dignity that in later ages, thirty-six suffragan bishoprics were subject to it.
		Nicholas is esteemed a patron of children, because he was from his infancy a model of innocence and virtue, and to form that tender age to sincere piety was always his first care and delight.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/STNICH.htm (787 words)

	The Legend of Bishop Nicholas of Myra
		When Nicholas was a little boy, a plague struck Patara, the town where he lived and both his parents got sick and died.
		Nicholas bought some Turkish rugs from the man, paying him much much more than they were worth, then making an excuse, gave the rugs back to the man’s wife.
		Nicholas, a stranger in Myra, and still a youth, but a priest, was the first to arrive.
	www.angelfire.com /tx5/adoptee/saint.html (1601 words)

	Demre - All About Turkey
		Saint Nicholas was born in Patara, was elected bishop during Diocletian's persecutions, and died in Myra around the year 350.
		By the 10th century Nicholas had become the most popular folk saint in the Byzantine realm, counting as the patron of children, poor virgins, innocent prisoners, sailors and Russians.
		The fame of St. Nicholas was brought to the west by Teophano, a Byzantine princess who married Otto II of Germany.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /demre.htm (663 words)

	GiGiBeads - St. Nicholas of Myra Chaplet
		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.
		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.
		This Ecumenical Prayer Chaplet in honor of St. Nicholas of Myra is made with Mother of Pearl beads, teal and silver plated spacer beads and a pewter cross with teal insert.
	www.gigibeads.net /prayerbeads/saints/nicholasmyra.html (1126 words)

	St. Nicholas of Myra
		Myra, the capital, was the seat of a bishopric founded by St. Nicander.
		It happened that Nicholas was in the city of Myra when the clergy and people were meeting together to elect a new bishop, and God directed them to choose him.
		At Rome the basilica of St. Nicholas was founded as early as the end of the sixth or the beginning of the seventh century.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/NICHOLAS.htm (1320 words)

	Catholic Online - Saints & Angels - St. Nicholas
		Myra, the capital, not far from the sea, was an episcopal see, and this church falling vacant, the holy Nicholas was chosen bishop, and in that station became famous by his extraordinary piety and zeal and many astonishing miracles.
		Nicholas is venerated as the patron saint of several classes of people, especially, in the East, of sailors and in the West of children.
		At Rome the basilica of St. Nicholas in the Jail of Tully (in Carcere) was founded between the end of the sixth and the beginning of the seventh centuries.
	www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=371 (1648 words)

	St. Nicholas
		Nicholas dreamed one night of being consecrated as bishop and of being commanded by Christ to work among the people rather than pursue a solitary monk's life.
		In Scandinavia, Nicholas is portrayed as wearing a western bishop's vestments and carrying a crozier instead of the red suit and bag that we traditionally associate with Santa Claus.
		But the life story of the actual St. Nicholas of Myra (from the Greek words "nike," victory, and "laos," people--literally, "victory of the people") is as fascinating as the myths, folklore, and traditions that have grown and evolved around him over the centuries.
	stgeorge.ia.goarch.org /nicholas.htm (1093 words)

	St. Nicholas of Myra
		Nicholas walked by the man's house on three successive nights, and each time threw a bag of gold in through a window (or, when the story came to be told in colder climates, down the chimney).
		Nicholas became the patron of an Italian city (I think Bari, which is where his body is now buried) that was a center of the pawnbroking business, and hence a pawnbroking shop traditionally advertises by displaying three gold balls over its front.
		We are told, but it is uncertain, that Nicholas was imprisoned for his faith before the accession of Constantine, and that he was present at the Council of Nicea in 325.
	www.satucket.com /lectionary/Nicholas.htm (808 words)

	Will the real Santa please stand? (Gray & Bear)
		Nicholas, a wealthy young man brought up in a godly home, gave away his inheritance to the needy.
		The young Bishop Nicholas was imprisoned for his faith during the persecutions under the Roman emperor Diocletian, and he was set free when Constantine released the religious prisoners.
		Hearing of the family's predicament, Nicholas took a bag (or a sock, as some versions have it) of gold, enough for a dowry, and tossed it into the family's house through the window (or down the chimney).
	www.theologic.com /oflweb/xmas/stnick1.htm (2053 words)

	Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, the Wonderworker
		Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, the Wonderworker died in the middle of the 4th century.
		Nicholas Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, the Wonderworker is the patron of Byzantine Catholics.
		O Father and pontiff Nicholas, the holiness of your life was set before your flock as a rule of faith, an example of meekness and a teaching of temperance: wherefore you acquired greatness through humility and spiritual wealth through poverty.
	www.mliles.com /melkite/stnicholasarchbishop.shtml (697 words)

	December 6: Death of popular, charitable St. Nicholas
		It so happened that Nicholas was the first to church, for he rose at midnight each night to begin his day of prayer.
		As bishop of Myra, Nicholas resisted tyrants and taught truth, especially rejecting the Arian heresy.
		Nicholas was still a child when he discovered a very special secret that changed his life forever.
	chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2002/12/daily-12-06-2002.shtml (789 words)

	St. Nicholas the Wonderworker - Main Page
		An example of the Faith and a life of humility, as a teacher of abstinence you did inspire and lead your flock, and through the truthfulness of your deeds were exalted by greatness, through your humility uplifting all and by poverty gaining wealth.
		Nicholas was the bishop of the Christian Church in the Asia Minor city of Myra (now Demre, Turkey) in the fourth century AD.
		The ikonostasion varies somewhat in Slavic (Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian) usage in that St. Nicholas is frequently portrayed, regardless of the patron of the church, reflecting their great devotion to Saint Nicholas.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/7175/stnich-page.html (1114 words)

	6N - St. Nicholas of Myra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Nicholas was born and raised in a wealthy and godly home, and he gave his inheritance away to the needy.
		Nicholas was ordained to the priesthood by this uncle, and was appointed abbot of a monastery.
		When Nicholas learned of this, he was determined to save the girls from this fate without embarrassing their father.
	louisville-catholic.net /s_glass/SM018.html (960 words)

	Saint Nicholas - an Example for Advent
		Nicholas came from one of the city's wealthy merchant families, but he was not spoiled by his family's wealth.
		That night before the first daughter was to be sold, Nicholas, with a small bag of gold in his hand, softly approached their house, and, tossing the gold through an open window, quickly vanished into the darkness.
		When the bishop of Myra died, the priests and leading people of the city along with the neighboring bishops came together in their cathedral to select a new bishop.
	www.cptryon.org /prayer/adx/adnick.html (874 words)

	Bishop Nicholas of Myra: Legends and sources
		Nicholas is revered by many faiths and traditions and is honored and loved world wide.
		Nicholas wanted to become a monk, but as a result of a dream where Jesus gave him a jeweled copy of the four gospels, he became a priest, tradition has it at the age of 17.
		Nicholas was said to have restored them to life, and brought the innkeeper to repentance.
	www.eldrbarry.net /rabb/folk/stnick.htm (2946 words)

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		St. Nicholas was probably born to wealthy parents at Patara in Lycia, a province of Asia Minor.
		He was chosen bishop of the then rundown diocese of the capital of Myra, which he ruled with great care and faith.
		Nicholas could have found communion with God in a monastic life, but to walk within the confines of a cloister would be insufficient for the saint's devotion.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/1206.htm (859 words)

	Sermon Number 3: "St. Nicholas of Myra news article"
		Sadly, Nicholas’ father and mother died of the plague while Nicholas was still quite young.
		Nicholas was considered holy even when he was a teenager.
		Nicholas was ordained to the holy Priesthood of Jesus Christ at the ripe old age of 17!
	www.moorej.org /holycross/sermons/serm3.html (692 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Saint Nicholas, Bishop Of Myra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Nicholas was born in the small medieval town of Patara on the coast of what was then the Roman province of Lycia, in the year 275.
		Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra is a walk through the streets of medieval Turkey to discover the truth behind one of the most beloved symbols in modern culture.
		Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra: The Life and Times of the Original Father Christmas takes readers on an Eastern adventure to learn about a Christian leader named Nicholas who lived on the Mediterranean coast of Asia Minor during the dramatic fourth century.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/2895073082 (407 words)

	The Ecole Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		A IV-Century bishop of Myra in Lycia, Nicholas was probably born in Patara and to have travelled as a youth in Palestine and Egypt.
		Nicholas was buried in his cathedral at Myra, where his shrine was a popular pilgrimage attraction.
		Nicholas is also the patron of sailors and is often depicted rescuing them.
	www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/nicholas.html (189 words)

	Nicholas of Myra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Nicholas secretly threw money into a home to keep two girls from being sold to a brothel.
		During these years of persecution, Nicholas was imprisoned and branded with hot irons.
		Nicholas was not allowed to preach after that but spent his last years of life founding orphanages and protecting poor children.
	www.inhis.com /stories/Story.asp?id=1363 (336 words)

	St. Nicholas of Myra
		St. Nicholas of Myra (also called "of Bari", and "the Wonderworker") is one of the world's most venerated saints.
		Oddly, too; for although he was certainly the bishop of Myra in Asia Minor in the early fourth century, almost nothing else is known about him.
		Then Nicholas tried the same trick again, and the middle daughter was able to be given in marriage.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id680.htm (671 words)

	Saint Nicholas of Myra
		Nicholas is the national saint of Russia and Greece and churches named after him number in the thousands - more than 400 in Great Britain alone.
		Saint Nicholas was born in the Middle East in the fourth century.
		The most famous story about Nicholas tells of how he helped three unfortunate young sisters who all had suitors but had no dowries because their father, a poor nobleman, could not raise the money.
	frpat.com /nicholas.htm (556 words)

	Saint Nicholas ::: Myra
		Myra (near Demre) and its Port City of Andriaki (Çayagzi)
		Myra, with a population up to 50,000, sat in a valley rich with trees, vines, and flowers.
		Myra has some of the most spectacular Lycian ruins—the ancient rock tombs and the amphitheatre which is still used for festival productions.
	www.stnicholascenter.org /Brix?pageID=29 (394 words)

	Walkabout Travel Gear (tm) myra, turkey
		Saint Nicholas lived his adult life in Myra, becoming the bishop of the city.
		When Saint Nicholas heard of their plight, he threw three bags of coins into the shopkeeper’s yard, saving the daughters from prostitution.
		The Church of Saint Nicholas is in Myra, built after his death.
	www.walkabouttravelgear.com /myra.htm (582 words)

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