Where was the real saint nicholas born
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The History of the Real St. Nicholas
The year-end holidays are nearly here, and that means we're about to see Santa Claus all over the place. Many people know that Santa is based loosely on a real person named Saint Nicholas, but the actual history is rarely discussed.
So, in the spirit of the holidays, let's forego talk of school buses and transportation management for a moment, and look into the actual history of St. Nick. Or, at least, what little we do know.
Saint Nicholas - The Patron Saint of Children
The issue is, there's a big problem when talking about the 'real' Santa Claus: We don't really know anything for certain. Even the earliest surviving accounts of him and his deeds come centuries after his reported death. While most historians accept that Saint Nicholas was probably a real person, absolutely nothing was written about him in his day. Or, at least, nothing which has survived for 1700+ years.
According to tradition, Saint Nicholas was born in the late 3rd Century, and lived into the 4th - roughly 270CE - 340CE - and hailed from Anatolia, which is in modern-day Turkey.
The stories told paint St. Nick as a giver and a miracle-worker, known for secretly leaving gifts which help the recipient in some way. One of the more famous stories about him describe
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Who is Undertake. Nicholas?
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Editor’s note: Since the publication of his book “The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus” in 2012, Campbell University Professor Adam English has emerged as one of the world’s leading authorities on St. Nicholas, aka Santa Claus. No doubt, then, that this is a busy time for the chair of the Department of Religion & Philosophy.
So far this holiday season, English has helped Real Simple magazine develop its timeline of “The Amazing True-Life Tale of Santa Claus.” He has spoken with the German publication Deutsche Welle for their piece “Why St. Nicholas Puts Candy in Boots and Stole Our Hearts.” And he is one of the experts featured in the documentary “Saint Nicholas: The Real Story” released this fall.
Below is a Campbell.edu piece on English and St. Nicholas that originally appeared in 2012 to coincide with the release of his book “The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus.”
Religion professor Adam English on “The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus”
This Christmas season you’ll surely hear the name St. Nicholas. In fact, he has a day all to himself. Dec. 6 is St. Nicholas Day, when children in many parts of the world will wake up to find small treats in their shoes or stockings, left to them, they’ll be told, by St. Nicholas. And in the U.S., on Dec. 25, of course, many children will