St. Nicholas: Born In Turkey, Buried in Ireland
December 20th, 2009
Just about now, the Santa Claus loved by children everywhere is busy wrapping up presents at his home in the North Pole. But if some historians are correct, the figure who inspired everyone’s favorite portly gift-giver lies buried in a moss-covered Irish graveyard.
At issue isn’t the white-bearded reindeer fan, but St. Nicholas of Myra, the philanthropic fourth-century Bishop of Lycia, now part of modern-day Turkey. According to Philip Lynch, chairman of a historical society in the Irish town of Callan, the original St. Nick’s remains ...
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