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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 distributing gifts to well-behaved children, c. 1600.
© Hulton Archive/Stringer/Getty Images
St. Nicholas
Icon of St. Nicholas, tempera and gold on wood, early 15th century; in the Metropolitan...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; purchase, Mary and Michael Jaharis Gift, 2013 (accession no. 2013.980a-d); www.metmuseum.org
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)
St. Nicholas
Icon of St. Nicholas of Myra.
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