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Nicholas, St.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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The patron saint of boys, of sailors, of Russia and Aberdeen, as well as other towns; was bishop of Myra, persecuted under Diocletian; is generally represented in bishop's robes, and has either three purses or three children as his attributes; the three children and the three purses refer to one and the same story: St. Nicholas, on learning that a father who had three daughters was tempted by extreme poverty to expose them to a life of dishonour, went by night and threw into the window of the house three bags of money which served as a marriage portion for each, and thus rescued them from a life of shame.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Nicholas, St.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/n/nicholas-st.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Nicholas, St.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/n/nicholas-st.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
