Saunt Nicholas

Saunt Nicholas
Saunt Nicholas
	Roushie icon depictin St Nicholas wi scenes frae his life. Late 15t century or early 16t century. Naitional Museum, Stockholm.
Defender o Orthodoxy, Wonderwirker, Haly Hierarch, Bishop o Myra
Born	15 Mairch 270; Patara,Roman Empire
Dee'd	6 December 343(aged 73); Myra,Roman Empire
Veneratit in	Anglicanism,Baptist,Catholicism,Eastern Orthodoxy,Oriental Orthodoxy,Lutheranism,Methodism,Reformed
Majorshrine	Basilica di San Nicola,Bari,Italy
Feast	6 December[A.S.19 December](main feast day –Saint Nicholas Day); 9 May[A.S.22 May](translationof relics)
Attributes	Vestitas a Bishop. InEastren Christianity,wearin anomophorionan hauldin aGospel Beuk.Sometimes shawn wiJesus Christower ane shoulder, hauldin a Gospel Beuk, an wi theTheotokosower the ither shoulder, hauldin an omophorion
Patronage	Bairn,coopers,sailors, fishermen, merchants, broadcasters, the falsely accused, repentant thieves, brewers,pharmacists,airchers,pawnbrokers,Aiberdeen,Galway,Roushie,Greece,Hellenic Navy,Liverpuil,Bari,Siggiewi,Moscow,Amsterdam,LorraineanDuchy o Lorraine.

Saunt Nicholas(Greek:Ἅγιος Νικόλαος,Hágios Nikólaos,Laitin:Sanctus Nicolaus); (15 Mairch 270 – 6 December 343),^[3]^[4],criedNikolaos o Myraan aa, wis a historic 4t-century ChristiansauntanGreek^[5]Bishop o Myra,inAsie Minor(modren-dayDemre,Turkey).^[6]Acause o the monymiraclesattributit tae hisintercession,he is forby kent asNikolaos the Wonderwirker(Νικόλαος ὁ Θαυματουργός,Nikólaos ho Thaumaturgós). His reputation evolved amang the faithfu, as wis common forearly Christian saunts,^[7]an his legendary habit o secret gift-givin gae rise tae the tradeetional model oSantae ClausthrouSinterklaas.

References

↑Book of Martyrs.Catholic Book Publishing. 1948.
↑"Serbia".Saint Nicholas Center.Retrieved4 Apryle2012.
↑"Who is St. Nicholas?".St. Nicholas Center.Retrieved7 December2010.
↑"St. Nicholas".Orthodox America. Archived fraethe originalon 7 September 2011.Retrieved7 December2010.
↑Cunningham, Lawrence (2005).A brief history of saints.Wiley-Blackwell. p.33.ISBN 978-1-4051-1402-8.The fourth-century Saint Nikolaos of Myra, Greek Anatolia (in present-dayTurkey) spread to Europe through the port city of Bari in southern Italy... Devotion to the saint in the Low countries became blended with Nordic folktales, transforming this early Greek bishop into that Christmas icon, Santa Claus’.
↑Lloyd, John; Mitchinson, John (December 2008).The book of general ignorance (Noticeably stouter edition).Faber and Faber. p.318.ISBN 978-0-571-24692-2.
↑Jones, Charles W. (1978).Saint Nikolaos of Myra, Bari, and Manhattan: Biography of a Legend.University of Chicago Press.ISBN 978-0-226-40700-5.

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[1] Book of Martyrs.Catholic Book Publishing. 1948.

[2] "Serbia".Saint Nicholas Center.Retrieved4 Apryle2012.

[center-3] "Who is St. Nicholas?".St. Nicholas Center.Retrieved7 December2010.

[4] "St. Nicholas".Orthodox America. Archived fraethe originalon 7 September 2011.Retrieved7 December2010.

[5] Cunningham, Lawrence (2005).A brief history of saints.Wiley-Blackwell. p.33.ISBN 978-1-4051-1402-8.The fourth-century Saint Nikolaos of Myra, Greek Anatolia (in present-dayTurkey) spread to Europe through the port city of Bari in southern Italy... Devotion to the saint in the Low countries became blended with Nordic folktales, transforming this early Greek bishop into that Christmas icon, Santa Claus’.

[6] Lloyd, John; Mitchinson, John (December 2008).The book of general ignorance (Noticeably stouter edition).Faber and Faber. p.318.ISBN 978-0-571-24692-2.

[7] Jones, Charles W. (1978).Saint Nikolaos of Myra, Bari, and Manhattan: Biography of a Legend.University of Chicago Press.ISBN 978-0-226-40700-5.

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