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{{Update|''[[A Visit from Saint Nicholas (short story)|A Visit from Saint Nicholas]]'' must be referenced. Moreover, connections with [[Santa Claus]] are to be addressed.}} | {{Update|''[[A Visit from Saint Nicholas (short story)|A Visit from Saint Nicholas]]'' must be referenced. Moreover, connections with [[Santa Claus]] are to be addressed.}} | ||
{{merge|Santa Claus|in ''Saint Nicholas's Bones'' we have the in-narrative assertion that he is the same character as Santa Claus and Father Christmas.}} | |||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was the [[bishop]] of [[Myra (town)|Myra]] seven hundred years before the [[1078]]. He was considered a miracle-maker. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was the [[bishop]] of [[Myra (town)|Myra]] seven hundred years before the [[1078]]. He was considered a miracle-maker. | ||
Legends told tales such as: the boys who had drowned in pickle barrels and were [[Resurrection|brought back to life]] by the bishop; one winter's night, he threw bags of [[gold]] through an open window to save three sisters from poverty and [[prostitution]]; at a mother's request, he prayed so hard that he saved her son and his two friends from drowning in a storm. | Legends told tales such as: the boys who had drowned in pickle barrels and were [[Resurrection|brought back to life]] by the bishop; one winter's night, he threw bags of [[gold]] through an open window to save three sisters from poverty and [[prostitution]]; at a mother's request, he prayed so hard that he saved her son and his two friends from drowning in a storm. | ||
