Here comes the real Santa Claus! Remarkable new high-tech ... Scientists used data from the skull of Saint Nicholas of Myra — whose penchant for gift-giving prompted the legend of Father ...
José Luís Lira, Mr Moraes' co-author and an expert on the lives of saints, described the significance of the real Nicholas ... saint." The remains of the saint reveal more than just his face ...
Hearken to the true story of Nicholas, the Saint of Sailors who became a bishop of Myra. Nicholas was born to a wealthy wheat merchant at Patara in late-second century Turkey, around 300AD.
The name Santa Claus came from the Dutch nickname for Saint Nicholas - Sinter Klaas. Still, very little is actually known about the real Saint Nicholas, except that he was buried in the church named ...