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Saint Nicholas

Posted by on Saturday, December 21, 2024, In : Photography 



Saint Nicholas of Myra (270 – 343 CE) also known as Nicholas the Wonderworker is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, toymakers, unmarried people and students. He was born into a wealthy Greek family and after his parents died, is said to have distributed his inheritance to the poor. In one instance, he heard of a man with three daughters who were unable to get married as their father could not afford the dowry, which would have...

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