A thief broke into the Basilica of St. Nicholas in the southern city of Bari overnight, stealing a gold ring from a finger of a statue of the saint, who is venerated by Catholic and Orthodox ...

The bones of St. Nicholas, the 4th century bishop whose life inspired the tradition of Santa Claus, are currently in a custody battle between Turkey and Italy. Analysis of the bones in the 1950s ...

The legends surrounding jolly old St. Nicholas — celebrated annually on Dec. 6 — go way ... He also is the patron saint of sailors. In 1807, Italian sailors took the remains of St ...

It is hard to imagine the cheery, plump version of Santa Claus emerged from Saint Nicholas, the 4th century Bishop of Myra who, as a nursing infant, fasted on holy days and whose bones were stolen ...

Piero di Cosimo, "The Visitation with St. Nicholas and St. Anthony Abbot" (circa 1489-90). Oil on panel. National Gallery of Art, D.C., Samuel H. Kress Collection.

The legends surrounding jolly old St. Nicholas — celebrated annually on Dec. 6 — go way ... He also is the patron saint of sailors. In 1807, Italian sailors took the remains of St ...

ROME (AP) - A thief broke into the Basilica of St. Nicholas in the southern city of Bari overnight, stealing a gold ring from a finger of a statue of the saint, who is venerated by Catholic and ...

A thief broke into the Basilica of St. Nicholas in the southern city of Bari overnight, stealing a gold ring from a finger of a statue of the saint.