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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.

Catholic Online: St. Nicholas - http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=371
Fairly long article about the bishop of Myra.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Patron Saints Index: Nicholas of Myra - http://saints.sqpn.com/saintn01.htm
Illustrated profile.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

The Saint Nicholas Center - http://www.stnicholascenter.org/
Discover the truth of Santa Claus begins with Nicholas.

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.

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