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  2. 'Santa Claus' sarcophagus believed to be discovered during ...

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    She explained to A News, a Turkish news agency, that the exact location of Saint Nicholas’ burial remains uncertain. "Some historical sources mention that St. Nicholas was buried near the sacred ...

  3. Tomb of Saint Nicholas - Wikipedia

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    St. Nicholas's Church and graveyard are in the town, where the earthly remains of Saint Nicholas of Myra are said to be buried. Belmore House stands at the top of the town. The memorial has been moved since 1839, and it has sustained damage from the fall of a tree. [1] [3] A conservation plan was developed by the Heritage Council in 2007. [4]

  4. 'Santa Claus' sarcophagus and more ancient religious relics ...

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    A team of archaeologists may have unearthed a sarcophagus containing the remains of Saint Nicholas, whose spirit of generosity is still celebrated in the modern world more than 1,600 years later.

  5. Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari

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    The tomb of Saint Nicholas in Bari, as it appears today. The Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari is a religious and folk holiday among the East Slavs and, to a lesser extent, the South Slavs and Eastern Romance peoples. It is celebrated on May 9 each year.

  6. Saint Nicholas - Wikipedia

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    Fewer than 200 years after Nicholas's death, the St. Nicholas Church was built in Myra under the orders of Theodosius II over the site of the church where he had served as bishop, and his remains were moved to a sarcophagus in that church.

  7. What is St. Nicholas Day? How the German and Dutch holiday ...

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    Saint Nicholas of Myra, or St. Nicholas, was a bishop during the Roman Empire who became the Patron Saint of Children because of the kindness he showed to young kids. He was widely known for gift ...

  8. Vela Luka Bay - Wikipedia

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    Remains of St. Nicholas near Vela Luka. In the area between Vela Luka and Mala Luka there are the ruins of the church of St. Nicholas, first mentioned in 1426. It was in bad condition in 1590, and in 1603 it was mentioned that it was without altar and roof. Today there are still all the walls and the apse.

  9. Thomastown, County Kilkenny - Wikipedia

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    Tomb of St. Nicholas. Local tradition holds that the remains of Saint Nicholas, the 3rd century Anatolian bishop, lie in the vicinity of Thomastown in Jerpoint Park. A grave slab with the carved heads of three people at the ruined Church of St. Nicholas, the church itself, and other stones are virtually all that remain of the medieval village ...