Who Was Saint Nicholas Of Myra, The Inspiration For Santa Claus? Saint Nicholas of Myra was born in 270 C.E. in Patara, Lycia, then within the Roman Empire and now part of Türkiye. Much about his ...

Scientists used data from the skull of Saint Nicholas of Myra — whose penchant for gift-giving prompted the legend of Father Christmas — to “forensically recreate” his white-bearded likeness.

Saint Nicholas was born in Lycia in Asia Minor ... anything historically certain about him except that he was Bishop of Myra in the fourth century. As a young man he is said to have made a ...

T he 3d and 4 th century Christian Bishop called Nicholas of Myra is the man who gave rise to the Saint Nicholas legend, that we now associate with Santa Claus.Little, if any, material remains ...

that of St. Nicholas of Bari and Myra, because he was given the first name last, since his his relics are reposed there, and the second name comes from his Bishopric see in Asia Minor. he is our ...