St. Nicholas, of Myra or Bari is venerated in ... The giving of gifts in honor of the Saint became a tradition through an act of generosity in another matter as you will read below.

Saint Nicholas was born in Lycia in Asia Minor ... He is associated with Chirstmas because of the tradition that he had the custom of giving secret gifts to children, and is thus associated ...

Sacred artefacts along with their certificates of authenticity and provenance, will be returned to the Cathedral of Saint ...

perhaps most famously between 1690 and 1693 when the interiors were decorated with fresco paintings of scenes depicting San Nicolás de Bari (Saint Nicholas) and San Pedro Mártir (Saint Peter ...