St. Nicholas: References & Edit History
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Modern biographies of St. Nicholas are found in Adam C. English, The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus: The True Life and Trials of Nicholas of Myra (2012); Charles W. Jones, St. Nicholas of Myra, Bari, and Manhattan: Biography of a Legend (1978, reissued 1988); and Joe L. Wheeler, Saint Nicholas (2010).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Heritage History - Saint Nicholas. | Aug 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - Saint Nicholas. | Mar 27, 2026 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 20, 2025 | ||
| Link added. | Mar 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Notre Dame - FaithND - St. Nicholas. | Feb 04, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 02, 2024 | ||
| Added head levels. Media revised. | Nov 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Eternal Word Television Network - The Real St. Nicholas. | Sep 19, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biblical Archaeology Society - Who Was St. Nicholas? | Feb 20, 2024 | ||
| Fixed typo in second paragraph. | Dec 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christianity.com - Who was Saint Nicholas? The Meaning of St. Nicholas Day. | Nov 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Franciscan Media - The Real St. Nicholas. | Oct 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Nicholas (St) of Myra. | Aug 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Catholic Online - St. Nicholas. | Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | May 04, 2023 | ||
| Noted that he is a patron saint of children and of sailors. | Dec 10, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Orthodox Church in America - Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia. | Mar 14, 2018 | ||
| Mentioned the age of the relic dated by researchers in 2017. | Jan 12, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Dec 06, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 25, 2017 | ||
| Bibliography updated. | Mar 28, 2017 | ||
| Mentioned that tradition holds that he hit the heretic Arius at the Council of Nicaea. | Mar 28, 2017 | ||
| Deleted photograph. | Sep 05, 2013 | ||
| Added image of a sculpture of St. Nicholas reviving three boys from the pickling tub, South Netherlandish, 1500. | Oct 01, 2010 | ||
| Changed "The Netherlands" to "the Netherlands." | Oct 01, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: All About Turkey - Biography of St. Nicholas of Myra. | Sep 08, 2010 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Feb 01, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of St. Nicholas of Myra. | Jan 29, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: St. Nicholas Center - Biography of Saint Nicholas. | Dec 31, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Livius - Nicholas of Myra. | Dec 31, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: St Nicholas Society - History of St Nicholas. | Dec 31, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 15, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 25, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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