Where did Santa come from? The Middle East. The original Santa Claus was St. Nicholas ... back to be enshrined in a church in a town called Bari, where they rest to this day.

He added that this act is "a sign of respect towards the religious and cultural heritage related to Saint Nicholas of Bari, who inspired the modern figure of Santa Claus." The symposium was ...

Holy reliquaries, including relics of Saint Nicolas — who inspired Santa Claus — were confiscated by Canadian border services ...

A team of archeologists working at the Church of St. Nicholas in Demre, Turkey, say they may have found the grave of St. Nicholas, who has been popularized worldwide as “Santa Claus.” ...

Archaeologists in Türkiye believe they’ve uncovered the burial site of Saint Nicholas, the fourth-century Christian bishop who later became the inspiration for Santa Claus. Beneath the Church ...

There are several Saint Nicholases, two of whom, found in many a Saints' dictionary is actually the same Saint, that of St. Nicholas of Bari and ... the true story of "Santa Claus" let us list ...