Personal details
Name: Nicholas of Myra (also known as Nicholas of Bari) Popular
Names: Sinterklaas and Santa Claus Distinguishing features: long white hair, beard and mustache; deep voice; since the 17th century sometimes wears glasses Clothing: a bishop's outfit composed of a red stole over a white cassock, a long red cape with golden embroidery, a mitre-shaped red hat with gold trim and applique cross, a long golden shepherd's staff, gloves and quite a few jewelled rings.
Year of Birth: 271 A.D. Birth Place: Patara, Turkey (a port town)
Residence: Spain
Profession: miracle-worker and protector of children, sailors, unmarried girls, merchants and those wrongly accused of crimes
Date of Death: December 6th, 342 or 343 A.D.
Burial spot: Myra, in the southwest of present-day
Turkey Feast Day: December 6th (but traditionally celebrated on the evening of December 5th)
Major achievements: survived the Roman Emperor Diocletian's dungeons; became Archbishop of Myra; attended the Council of Nicaea of 325; was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church; was reburied in 1087 in a mausoleum specially built for his remains in Bari, Italy; became internationally famous from the 10th century onwards; started the Santa Claus tradition in North America; and turned the eve of his feast day into the Netherlands' most enjoyable tradition.
by unknown writer.
photo: By M :)
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