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Saint Nicholas of Myra [a] (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), [3] [4] [b] also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent from the maritime city of Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day Antalya Province, Turkey) during the time of the Roman Empire.
Nicholas of Tolentino (Latin: S. Nicolaus de Tolentino, c. 1246 – September 10, 1305) known as the Patron of Holy Souls, was an Italian saint and mystic.He is particularly invoked as an advocate for the souls in Purgatory, especially during Lent and the month of November.
In 1884, Ilya Repin was commissioned by a nunnery near Kharkiv to create an image of Saint Nicholas of Myra (Nicholas the Wonderworker). [15] [16] As the writer and historian Dmytro Yavornytsky recalled in a conversation with him, Repin mentioned that the person who commissioned the image of Nicholas the Wonderworker was the hegumen of the Nicholas Convent in the village of Strilecha ...
The 1823 American poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", written by an anonymous author, recounts Saint Nicholas arriving at the author's home on Christmas Eve in a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer. The poem laid the foundation for modern depictions of Santa Claus, strengthening the association between Santa Claus and Christmas.
In 1843 the Saint Nicholas was engraved and published in all the guidebooks to the city, becoming one of the best-known works in the Bourbon collections. [1] It was highly appreciated by 19th and 20th century art historians and painters, who praised its chiaroscuro - Roberto Longhi wrote of it "Preti's creation is the harmonic outcropping of ...
St John Chrysostom Altarpiece; St John the Baptist with Four Saints; Saint Nicholas (Preti) St Peter Martyr with St Nicholas and St Benedict; San Cassiano Altarpiece; Scenes from the Lives of Saint Julian and Saint Nicholas
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On December 10, 1500, Raphael and Evangelista da Pian di Meleto, an older painter from the workshop of Raphael's father Giovanni Santi, received the commission to paint jointly a large altarpiece dedicated to Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, for the Baronci chapel in the Sant'Agostino Church in Città di Castello.