Bishop of Myra in Lycia, defender of orthodoxy at Nicaea, secret giver to the poor. The most beloved saint of the Orthodox world — and, through the Dutch Sinterklaas, the ancestor of the Western Santa Claus.
December 6 · 270–343 · Archbishop of Myra
December 6 · 270–343 · Archbishop of Myra
Bishop of Myra in Lycia, defender of orthodoxy at Nicaea, secret giver to the poor. The most beloved saint of the Orthodox world — and, through the Dutch Sinterklaas, the ancestor of the Western Santa Claus.