Saint Nicholas was born in Lycia in Asia Minor ... anything historically certain about him except that he was Bishop of Myra in the fourth century. As a young man he is said to have made a ...

Saint Nicholas of Myra, or St. Nicholas, was a bishop during the Roman Empire who became the Patron Saint of Children because of the kindness he showed to young kids. He was widely known for gift ...

Kids all around the world are ... In order to protect the holy saint's body, his bones were moved to Myra. This location, where Nicholas had spent much of his adult life, was also a fitting ...

that of St. Nicholas of Bari and Myra, because he was given the first name last, since his his relics are reposed there, and the second name comes from his Bishopric see in Asia Minor. he is our ...