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Venice-  St .Nicolas

sf nicolaeThe name Nicolas consists of two words : Nikao “defeat” and Laos , “people” .
Born in Patara , Lycia – 345 AD Nicholas became bishop of Myra (now Kocademre )Micia city. Is known for his kindness and the miracles he has done throughout his life.

The feast of 6 December cites a vision “his apparition” to holy emperor Costantino asking him to forgive the three soldiers sentenced to death :
” While they were in prison , they find the time when they would have been executed and called the saint to their aid.The saint appeared in the dream to the emperor and to the provincial administrator ,and scolding the administrator for the slander of the three men , showed at the emperor (with proofs) that the accused are innocent and that the envy has conspired against them. And so St. Nicholas saved them from death. ”
Nicholas helps with three bags of gold a trader who was going through a difficult time , allowing  his three daughters to marry .
“Every time one when a girl wanted to marry , Nicholas (who was already a bishop ) , put a bag of gold coins in front of the door of the trader.By the time of the third girl marriage , the merchant put himself on guard to find out who was the man who gave him the money.St. Nicholas,is said,to not to be seen went up on the roof and dropped the bag in the fireplace.”

The story of his rescue of sailors from drowning in the Aegean sea; establish him as the saint patron of the sailors.

He was imprisoned during the persecution of Diocletian, and issued by  Constantine
the emperor. The saint is also known as a defender of orthodoxy against the Arians .

800px-Venezia_-_Chiesa_di_S.NicolòThe church and monastery of St. Nicholas ( San Nicoletto ) is a religious building in the city of Venice, located in the northern part of the Lido of Venice , not far from
the inlet of the Lido island.

The tomb of the saint is in the church of St. Nicholas (Demre , Turkey ), but the relics
were stolen in 1087 ( during the Crusades , many cities wanted to have relics ) .

In the church are preserved a part of the the relics of the famous saint St. Nicholas of Myra ,(Known as St. Nicholas of Bari , or St. Nicholas the Great. ) Is widespread belief that these are located in the most famous “Basilica di San Nicola in Bari” , but in fact
,there is about half of the skeleton of the saint, the other half being preserved in Venice.

In the thirteenth century , the relics of St. Nicholas reach a Canterbury (England) and the cult of the saint began to spread , in much of Europe.

After the Christianization of the Slavs , the cult of St. Nicholas was replaced
the god , Mikula ,( the god of agriculture).

At the time of the Venetian Republic , here was celebrated the solemn mass of
thanks at the end of the wedding ceremony of the famous Sea , during
the “Festa della Sensa” .

Become a patron of Greece and Russia , of prisoners, of unmarried girls ,
of travelers, merchants and children.During the crosades, Nicholas was proclaimed patron of the Venetian fleet .

The presence of the relics in Venice is little known , and therefore the church is not a destination for pilgrimages such as Bari , especially the Russian Orthodox for whom Nicholas has a big importance ( being the saint patron of Russia, and Greece ) .

Some legends connect St. Nicholas to Santa Claus.
The Dutch call him Sinterklaas and the first immigrants to America
transformed him in Santa Claus.
On December 6, the saint fills the children’s shoes with candy,but,with the passage of the time the feast is held at Christmas and shoes are transformed into socks .

The entire complex is run by Franciscan friars.
On the facade of the basilica stands , above the portal , the statue of the Doge
 Domenico Contarini , benefactor of the convent. Inside, works by Palma il Vecchio
( Madonna with Cherub ) and Palma the Younger ( Saint John ) .

 

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