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St. Nicholas of Sofia (The New) (Bulgarian: Свети Николай Софийски Нови) is a Christian saint who lived in the 16th century in Sofia Bulgaria and is considered a martyr in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. At that time Bulgaria was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire which compelled some locals to convert to Islam. On May 17 1555 some local authorities brought Nicholas before a judge or qadi (Turkish kadı).