Nicolás is a masculine name of origin Greek whose meaning is’The victory of the people‘. Today, in Spain, 58.372 men celebrate their saint thanks to Saint Nicholas of Bari.
Saint Nicholas of Bari is the saint from which the figure of Santa claus O Santa Claus. He is the patron of Russia, from Greece and of Turkey and one of the most prominent saints of antiquity.
Nicolás was born into a relative with money in Patara, located in the current Turkey, around the year 270. Despite the fact that his father, a merchant of the time, wanted him to follow in his footsteps, the saint decided to become a priest. In fact, it was his mother who indicated this path, since Nicolás’s uncle was the bishop of Look, a city on the peninsula of Anatolia.
The saint inherited a great fortune because of the early death of his parents, who contracted the plague and failed to survive. Nicolás, consequently, puts this money at the service of those most in need. So much so, that the saint acquires great fame, which generates that more than two thousand temples in the world are consecrated to his figure. The generosity of this saint comes from when he was a child. “It would be a sin not to distribute much, since God has given us so much,” he said. Nicholas their parents.
After distributing his wealth, Nicolás entered a monastery to dedicate your life to God. But without a doubt, children are the people with whom Nicolás has the greatest affinity. They painted it with some children, because the ancients said that a criminal wounded several minors with a knife, and the saint when praying for them obtained his instantaneous cure.
For this reason, at his party the tradition of distributing sweets and gifts to all the children begins. As the name of Nicolas in German is Nikolaus, Saint Nicholas would begin to become popular as Santa Claus.
It is thought that he died on December 6, 365Hence, the Church celebrates the saint of Nicolás de Bari on this day.
This and other saints are celebrated during the 6th of December:
Santa Asela
Saint Boniface Sibidense
Santa Dativa
Saints Dionisia and companions
Saint Emilian physician
Saint Joseph Nguyen Duy Khang
Santa Leoncia
San Mayórico
San tax
Saint Polychronius
San Servio
San Tercio
Blessed Luisa María Frías Cañizares
Blessed Pedro Pascual
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