7 Places You Can See St. Nicholas's Bones
Santa Claus — jolly honest-to-goodness Saint Nicholas himself — was based off a Hellenic bishop , hold in the 4th century CE , who gave his riches to the short . For his act , the original gift - give Saint Nick was canonized after his sufferer ’s death . Nicholas was idolize throughout Europe long before his 19th - century repurposing asSanta Claus . He was the patron holy man of sailor , dramatize by many an Italian naval conglomerate ....