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• Bishop Nicholas of Myra: Legends and sources - A look behind the Santa Claus and Father Christmas legends to the real St. Nicholas: an orphaned boy who became a bishop, and who gave away all his wealth to the poor and especially to children in trouble.
• Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Nicholas of Myra - Fourth-century bishop in Asia Minor. Also called St. Nicholas of Bari because his relics were translated there in the eleventh century.
• Catholic Online: St. Nicholas - Fairly long article about St. Nicholas, bishop of Myra.
• Domestic-Church.com: Saint Nicholas - Three accounts of the story of St. Nicholas: for infants through children age 8, children 8-14, and age 14 through adults. By Catherine Fournier.
• The Ecole Glossary: Nicholas of Myra - "Little that withstands the scrutiny of modern eyes is known about this popular saint."
• Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia: St. Nicholas the Wonderworker - A short history of the saint.
• The History of Santa Claus - For young children.
• How Nicholas Archbishop of Myra Became "San Nicola di Bari" in 1087 - Historical narrative tracing the history of Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra, to his final resting place in Bari, Italy.
• How the Dutch of "New Amsterdam" Brought St. Nick to N.Y. with Them - The reason New Yorkers and Americans celebrate St. Nicholas is that Dutch immigrants brought their traditions about Sinter Klaas with them.
• How to Separate Saint Nicholas from Commercial Hype - Op-ed piece. "When it comes to Santa, truth is better than fiction."
• The Life of Saint Nicholas the Bishop - From "The Golden Legend," by Jacobus de Voragine. William Caxton translation, slightly modernized.
• The Life of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker - Life of the Holy Hierarch and Wonderworker Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia. Long. With ikons.
• The Life of the Holy Hierarch and Wonderworker Nicholas - A brief history. Hear the Apolitikion of Saint Nicholas using RealAudio player.
• Lives of Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra - Bishop, Confessor. From the book "Lives of Saints", published by John J. Crawley.
• Lives of the Saints: St. Nicholas - Confessor, Archbishop of Myra. From Fr. Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints.
• A Miracle Wrought by Saint Nicholas the WonderWorker in Kiev in the 1920s - Translated from Russian. With an ikon.
• Nicholas of Myra (Bari) - Recounts many pious legends about St. Nicholas.
• Nicholas, Saint - Short entry in the Columbia Encyclopedia.
• Orthodox America: St. Nicholas - A detailed history of the saint, the meaning of the name Santa Claus, and the origin of the Christmas stocking.
• Patron Saints Index: Nicholas of Myra - Profile of St. Nicholas. Illustrated. Gives as variants on the saint's name: Mikulas, Nicolas, Niklas, Klaus, Santa Claus, Nicholas of Bari, and Nicolaas.
• Sacred Heart Parish: St. Nicholas - About St. Nicholas, and how he came to be the patron saint of such diverse groups of people.
• A Saint for the Season - A post to rec.org.sca about various traditions surrounding St. Nicholas. By Susan Carroll-Clark.
• Saint Nicholas Cathedral: Saint Nicholas - History, icon, and troparion hymn for their patron saint.
• Saint Nicholas Page - Information centered on the Orthodox Christian understanding and teaching about this Bishop of Myra in Lycia, patron saint of children, mariners, and Russia. Popular culture knows him as Santa Claus, Saint Nick, Sinter Klaus, and other names. Includes links to churches and other pages and icons concerning this much-revered man of God.
• Saint Therese Byzantine Catholic Church: St. Nicholas of Myra - Short profile of the patron saint of the Byzantine Catholic Church.
• Santa Claus - The righteous St. Nicholas is the true personality behind Santa Claus or Baba Noel.
• Santa's Hometown - About travel in Myra today.
• St. George Coptic Orthodox Church: St. Nicholas the Wonderworker - Hagiography of St. Nicholas, archbishop of Myra. Tells the story of him striking Arius with his hand at First Nicaea.
• St Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra, in Lycea - Life, miracles, and ikons. Includes present day miracles.
• St. Peter and St. Paul Orthodox Church: St. Nicholas - A tribute to the saint and a photograph of the ikon on the east wall of the north transept of the church.
• Symeon Metaphrastes - Excerpts from "The Life of Nicholas" by Symeon Metaphrastes.
• The Translation of Saint Nicholas - An anonymous Greek account of the removal of the saint's body from Myra to Bari. Translated from a thirteenth-century manuscript.
• Who Is the Real Santa Claus? - A breezy retelling of the story of St. Nicholas.