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  2. Saint Nicholas - Wikipedia

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    This and his miracle of him resurrecting the three butchered children made Saint Nicholas a patron saint of children and later students as well. [109] The custom of giving gifts on Saint Nicholas Day is popular in various parts of Christendom, with a popular tradition including children placing their shoes in the foyer for Saint Nicholas to ...

  3. Portal:Catholic Church/Patron Archive/December 6 - Wikipedia

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    Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nicholas the Wonderworker. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, toymakers, unmarried people, and students in various cities and countries around Europe.

  4. Category:Saint Nicholas - Wikipedia

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    Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, prostitutes, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, unmarried people, and students in various cities and countries around Europe.

  5. What is St. Nicholas Day? How the German and Dutch holiday ...

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    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 ...

  6. Santa Claus - Wikipedia

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    Santa is generally depicted as a portly, jolly, white-bearded man, often with spectacles, wearing a red outfit consisting of jacket, trousers and hat all trimmed with white fur, accessorized with black leather belt and boots, and carrying a bag full of gifts for children. The 1823 poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" popularized this image in North ...

  7. Companions of Saint Nicholas - Wikipedia

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    Saint Nicholas and Krampus visit a Viennese home (1896 illustration). The Hans Trapp character in a 1953 photograph taken in Wintzenheim, Alsace.. The companions of Saint Nicholas are a group of closely related figures who accompany Saint Nicholas throughout the territories formerly in the Holy Roman Empire or the countries that it influenced culturally.

  8. St. Nicholas' Children's Ministry plans blessing of the animals

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    Sep. 26—The Helping Hands Children's Ministry will host a Blessing of the Animals service at 6 p.m. Oct. 4 in the courtyard of St. Nicholas' Episcopal Church. "We join churches around the world ...

  9. St. Nicholas (magazine) - Wikipedia

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    St Nicholas-cover. A popular service provided to St. Nicholas subscribers was that, for a small fee, six issues could be sent off to be bound into a hard-back volume, with crimson covers and a gold-stamped title. [13] These bound volumes are available through used book sellers. Many anthologies of favorite St. Nicholas stories