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	The Saint Nicholas Center - http://www.stnicholascenter.org/ Discover the truth of Santa Claus begins with Nicholas.
	Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Nicholas of Myra - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11063b.htm Fourth-century bishop in Asia Minor. Also called St. Nicholas of Bari because his relics were translated there in the eleventh century.
	The Translation of Saint Nicholas - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/nicholas-bari.html An anonymous Greek account of the removal of the saint's body from Myra to Bari. Translated from a thirteenth-century manuscript.
	Catholic Online: St. Nicholas - http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=371 Fairly long article about the bishop of Myra.
	Patron Saints Index: Nicholas of Myra - http://saints.sqpn.com/saintn01.htm Illustrated profile.

	The Life of Saint Nicholas the Bishop - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/goldenlegend/GL-vol2-nicholas.html From "The Golden Legend," by Jacobus de Voragine. William Caxton translation, slightly modernized.
	Saint Nicholas Page - http://www.geocities.com/stephenparsons/stnich-page.html Information centered on the Orthodox Christian understanding and teaching about this Bishop of Myra in Lycia, patron saint of children, mariners, and Russia. Popular culture knows him as Santa Claus, Saint Nick, Sinter Klaus, and other names. Includes links to churches and other pages and icons concerning this much-revered man of God.
	InstaPLANET - St. Nicholas, The Man and The Icon - http://www.instaplanet.com/icon.html A detailed description of Saint Nicholas, 4th Century Bishop of Myra, his life and legend, illustrated with antique Russian Icons.
	Lives of the Saints: St. Nicholas - http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/STNICH.htm Confessor, Archbishop of Myra. From Fr. Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints.
	Domestic-Church.com: Saint Nicholas - http://www.domestic-church.com/CONTENT.DCC/19981101/SAINTS/nicholas.htm Three accounts of the story of St. Nicholas: for infants through children age 8, children 8-14, and age 14 through adults. By Catherine Fournier.

	Santa's Hometown - http://www.walkabouttravelgear.com/myra.htm About travel in Myra today.
	Symeon Metaphrastes - http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/REALNICK.htm Excerpts from "The Life of Nicholas" by Symeon Metaphrastes.
	Lives of Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra - http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/NICHOLAS.htm Bishop, Confessor. From the book "Lives of Saints", published by John J. Crawley.
	The Life of the Holy Hierarch and Wonderworker Nicholas - http://www.saintnicholas.org/stnickhistory.htm A brief history. Hear the Apolitikion of Saint Nicholas using RealAudio player.
	Sacred Heart Parish: St. Nicholas - http://www.hullp.demon.co.uk/SacredHeart/saint/StNicholas.htm About St. Nicholas, and how he came to be the patron saint of such diverse groups of people.

	A Saint for the Season - http://www.florilegium.org/files/NICOLAA/St-Nicholas-art.html A post to rec.org.sca about various traditions surrounding St. Nicholas. By Susan Carroll-Clark.
	Orthodox America: St. Nicholas - http://www.roca.org/OA/5/5m.htm A detailed history of the saint, the meaning of the name Santa Claus, and the origin of the Christmas stocking.
	Nicholas, St - http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/NEW_NUM/NICHOLAS_ST.html Article on the legend and cultus of this popular saint, from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Some scanner errors.
	Nicholas, Saint - http://www.bartleby.com/65/ni/NichlsSt.html Short entry in the Columbia Encyclopedia.
	The Ecole Glossary: Nicholas of Myra - http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/glossary/nicholas.html "Little that withstands the scrutiny of modern eyes is known about this popular saint."

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