Nicholas of Myra

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Nicholas of Myra was a 4th-century Christian bishop renowned for his generosity, miracles, and role as the historical basis for the figure of Santa Claus.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nicholas of Myra canonical 9
Nicolaus of Myra 1

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Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian bishop ⓘ
historical person ⓘ
saint ⓘ
associatedWith Lycia ⓘ
Mediterranean seafaring traditions ⓘ
city of Myra ⓘ
birthDate c. 270 ⓘ
century 4th century ⓘ
church Early Christian Church ⓘ
linked to: Early Christians
commemoratedOn Saint Nicholas Day ⓘ
culturalInfluence basis for Santa Claus figure in Western culture ⓘ
basis for Sinterklaas tradition in the Low Countries ⓘ
deathDate 6 December 343 ⓘ
feastDay 19 December (Julian calendar, Eastern Orthodox) ⓘ
6 December ⓘ
givenName Nicholas ⓘ
honorificTitle Nicholas the Wonderworker ⓘ
Saint Nicholas ⓘ
influenced figure of Saint Nicholas as gift-bringer ⓘ
tradition of Santa Claus ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
legend provided dowries for three impoverished daughters by secretly giving gold ⓘ
resurrected or saved three children (or youths) according to later traditions ⓘ
saved sailors from a storm through prayer ⓘ
notableFor charity to the poor ⓘ
generosity ⓘ
miracles ⓘ
secret gift-giving ⓘ
originalNameForm Νικόλαος ⓘ
linked to: Nikolaos
participatedIn First Council of Nicaea (according to later tradition) ⓘ
patronage Amsterdam ⓘ
Bari ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
children ⓘ
merchants ⓘ
prisoners ⓘ
prostitutes ⓘ
sailors ⓘ
students ⓘ
the poor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lycia ⓘ
Patara ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lycia ⓘ
Myra ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Myra ⓘ
relicsMovedInYear 1087 ⓘ
relicsMovedTo Bari ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
symbol bishop’s mitre ⓘ
crozier ⓘ
three golden balls or bags of gold ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Lutheran Churches ⓘ
linked to: Lutheranism

Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nicholas the Wonderworker → alsoKnownAs → Nicholas of Myra ⓘ
Church of St Nicholas → namedAfter → Nicholas of Myra ⓘ
Church of Saint Nicholas → namedAfter → Nicholas of Myra ⓘ
Cathedral of Saint Nicholas → namedAfter → Nicholas of Myra ⓘ
Nicolaus → hasNotableBearerForm → Nicolaus of Myra ⓘ
linked to: Nicholas of Myra
Nicholas of Bari → alsoKnownAs → Nicholas of Myra ⓘ
Nikolaos ho Thaumatourgos → alsoKnownAs → Nicholas of Myra ⓘ
Mikuláš → connectedToHistoricalFigure → Nicholas of Myra ⓘ
Diocese of Myra → notableBishop → Nicholas of Myra ⓘ