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Saint Nicholas (Greek: Ἅγιος Νικόλαος Hagios Nikólaos Latin: Sanctus Nicolaus); (15 March 270 – 6 December 343) also called Nikolaos of Myra was a historic 4th-century Christian saint and Greek Bishop of Myra (Demre part of modern-day Turkey) in Lycia. Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker (Νικόλαος ὁ Θαυματουργός Nikolaos ho Thaumaturgos).

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birth date
0270-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 0270-03-15
birth place
Anatolia, Patara (Lycia), Lycia et Pamphylia, Lycia
death date
0343-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 0343-12-06
death place
Lycia, Myra
feast day
1922-05-09, 2014-12-06
major shrine
Bari, Basilica di San Nicola
title
Defender of Orthodoxy Wonderworker Holy Hierarch Bishop of Myra
venerated in
Anglicanism, Baptists, Calvinism, Eastern Orthodox Church, Methodism, Presbyterianism, Lutheranism, Oriental Orthodoxy, Catholicism

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