Saunt Nicholas | |
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Roushie icon depictin St Nicholas wi scenes frae his life. Late 15t century or early 16t century. Naitional Museum, Stockholm. | |
Defender o Orthodoxy, Wonderwirker, Haly Hierarch, Bishop o Myra | |
Born | 15 Mairch 270[1] Patara, Roman Empire |
Dee'd | 6 December 343 Myra, Roman Empire | (aged 73)
Veneratit in | Anglicanism, Baptist, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, Methodism, Reformed |
Major shrine | Basilica di San Nicola, Bari, Italy |
Feast | 6 December [A.S. 19 December] (main feast day – Saint Nicholas Day) 9 May [A.S. 22 May] (translation of relics)[2] |
Attributes | Vestit as a Bishop. In Eastren Christianity, wearin an omophorion an hauldin a Gospel Beuk. Sometimes shawn wi Jesus Christ ower ane shoulder, hauldin a Gospel Beuk, an wi the Theotokos ower the ither shoulder, hauldin an omophorion |
Patronage | Bairn, coopers, sailors, fishermen, merchants, broadcasters, the falsely accused, repentant thieves, brewers, pharmacists, airchers, pawnbrokers, Aiberdeen, Galway, Roushie, Greece, Hellenic Navy, Liverpuil, Bari, Siggiewi, Moscow, Amsterdam, Lorraine an Duchy o Lorraine. |
Saunt Nicholas (Greek: Ἅγιος Νικόλαος, Hágios Nikólaos, Laitin: Sanctus Nicolaus); (15 Mairch 270 – 6 December 343),[3][4], cried Nikolaos o Myra an aa, wis a historic 4t-century Christian saunt anGreek[5] Bishop o Myra, in Asie Minor (modren-day Demre, Turkey).[6] Acause o the mony miracles attributit tae his intercession, he is forby kent as Nikolaos the Wonderwirker (Νικόλαος ὁ Θαυματουργός, Nikólaos ho Thaumaturgós). His reputation evolved amang the faithfu, as wis common for early Christian saunts,[7] an his legendary habit o secret gift-givin gae rise tae the tradeetional model o Santae Claus throu Sinterklaas.