BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — Many people and famous Christmas songs refer to Santa Claus as Saint Nicholas, or St. Nick for short ... is primarily known as the patron saint of children — but ...

The face of St. Nicholas of Myra, the patron saint of sailors and merchants who died around 343AD, has been digitally reconstructed - and people all have the same reaction ...

Nicholas, patron saint of sailors and children, lived and died there nearly 18 centuries ago. The legend of the 4th century bishop who gave gifts to the poor has spread since the earliest days of ...

He is also the patron saint of students, sailors and toymakers, and his relics have attracted pilgrims for centuries. Most of Saint Nicholas’s relics are in a tomb in the crypt of the 11th ...

Bulgarians celebrate St. Nicholas as the protector of sailors and fishermen. Stories are told of St. Nikolay, the commander of the sea, calming wind and storms and walking over the sea to rescue ...