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Who was the real St. Nicholas?
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Who was the real St. Nicholas?
Learn about the life of the historical St. Nicholas, bishop of Myra.
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St. Nicholas
Icon of St. Nicholas of Myra.
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Ambrogio Lorenzetti: Saving Myra from Famine
Saving Myra from Famine, detail of a panel from Four Stories from the...
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Sculpture of St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas reviving three boys from the pickling tub, oak sculpture, South Netherlandish,...
Photograph by Trevor Little. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1916 (16.32.193)
Relics of St. Nicholas
The tomb of St. Nicholas in the crypt of the Basilica di San Nicola, in Bari, Italy
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Santa Claus
Merry Old Santa Claus by Thomas Nast.
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The Story of Christmas
Explore the figures, festivals, and folklore of the Christmas season.
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