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  2. Saint Nicholas - Wikipedia

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    In antiquity, the island was known as "Saint Nicholas Island" [61] and today it is known in Turkish as Gemiler Adasi, meaning "Island of Boats", in reference to Saint Nicholas's traditional role as the patron saint of seafarers.

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

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    Prayer: Glorious Saint Nicholas, my special patron, from thy throne in glory, where thou dost enjoy the presence of God, turn thine eyes in pity upon me and obtain for me from our Lord the graces and helps that I need in my spiritual and temporal necessities (and especially this favor [petition or intercede here], provided that it be profitable ...

  4. St Nicolas Church, Pevensey - Wikipedia

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    St. Nicolas Church is the parish church of Pevensey, with its daughter church, St. Wilfrid's, serving Pevensey Bay. It is named after Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of seafarers. The Church’s origins can be traced to the Roman occupation of Britain and is built on the original site of a Saxon or Priory church dating from the fifth century ...

  5. List of patron saints by occupation and activity - Wikipedia

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    Seafarers - Brendan the Navigator; Second hand dealers - Roch; Secretaries - Catherine of Alexandria, Claude [5] Security guards - Matthew, Michael the Archangel; Seminarians - Charles Borromeo, [5] Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows; Service men of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces - Barbara [25] Servers the sick - Saint Peter of Saint Joseph de ...

  6. Sailors' superstitions - Wikipedia

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    Sailors have had several patron saints. According to his hagiography, Saint Nicholas calmed a storm by prayer. [35] Brendan the Navigator is also considered a patron saint of sailors and navigators, due to his mythical voyage to St. Brendan's Island.

  7. 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 ...

  8. St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church - Wikipedia

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    It is a collegiate church and the parish church of St. Nicholas Church of Ireland parish, which covers Galway City. It was founded in 1320 and dedicated to Saint Nicholas of Myra, the patron saint of seafarers, in recognition of Galway's status as a port.

  9. St Nicholas, Blakeney - Wikipedia

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    St Nicholas has an extensive array of prayers, merchant's marks and other symbols, but is notable for the large number of depictions of ships, at least 30, heavily concentrated in the nave towards the eastern end of the south aisle. There is a side altar there of unknown dedication, and an empty niche that would have once held the image of a saint.