Santa Claus, also known as Saint
Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts to the homes of well-behaved ("good" or "nice") children on Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve (24 December) and the early morning hours of Christmas
Christmas Day (25 December).[1] The modern Santa Claus
Santa Claus grew out of traditions surrounding the historical Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas (a fourth-century Greek bishop and gift-giver of Myra), the British figure of Father Christmas and the Dutch figure of Sinterklaas
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Sinterklaas (himself also based on Saint Nicholas)
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Santa may refer to:Santa ClausContents1 Places1.1 On the Earth 1.2 In space2 People 3 Art, entertainment, and media 4 Other 5 See alsoPlaces[edit] On the Earth[edit]Santa, Cameroon Santa, Ilocos Sur, a municipality in the Philippines Santa, Montagnes, in Montagnes District, Ivory Coast Santa, Woroba, in Woroba District, Ivory Coast Santa District, in Santa Province, Peru Santa Province, in Ancash Region, Peru Santa (Dumanlı), a populated area in modern northern TurkeyIn space[edit]1288 Santa, an asteroid (obsolete) Haumea, a dwarf planet given the in-house nickname "Santa"People[edit]Santa (given name), feminine given name José Santa (born 1970), Colombian football playerArt, entertainment, and media[edit]Santa (film)
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Nicolò is an Italian male given name. It may refer to: Nicolò Albertini, statesman Nicolò Amati, luthier Nicolò Brancaleon, artist Nicolò Egidi, chemist Nicolò Gabrielli, composer Nicolò Gagliano, violin-maker Nicolò Isouard
Nicolò Isouard (1773-1818), French composer Nicolò Minato, poet Nicolò Pacassi, architect Nicolò Pollari, general Nicolò Zanon, judgeSee also[edit]NiccolòThis page or section lists people that share the same given name
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Myra
Myra (Ancient Greek: Μύρα, Mýra) was an ancient Greek town in Lycia
Lycia where the small town of Kale (Demre) is today, in the present-day Antalya Province
Antalya Province of Turkey. It was on the river Myros ( Demre
Demre Çay), in the fertile alluvial plain between Alaca Dağ, the Massikytos range and the Aegean Sea.Contents1 Historical evidence 2 New Testament 3 Bishopric 4 Siege
Siege of 809 5 Church of St
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Lycia
Lycia (Lycian: 𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊖 Trm̃mis; Greek: Λυκία, Lykía; Turkish: Likya) was a geopolitical region in Anatolia
Anatolia in what are now the provinces of Antalya
Antalya and Muğla on the southern coast of Turkey, and Burdur
Burdur Province inland. Known to history since the records of ancient Egypt
Egypt and the Hittite Empire
Hittite Empire in the Late Bronze Age, it was populated by speakers of the Luwian language
Luwian language group. Written records began to be inscribed in stone in the Lycian language
Lycian language (a later form of Luwian) after Lycia's involuntary incorporation into the Achaemenid Empire in the Iron Age
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The Byzantine
Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire
Roman Empire in the East during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople
Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, which had been founded as Byzantium). It survived the fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire
Roman Empire in the 5th century AD and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.[2] During most of its existence, the empire was the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in Europe
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A dowry is a transfer of parental property, gifts or money at the marriage of a daughter.[1] Dowry
Dowry contrasts with the related concepts of bride price and dower. While bride price or bride service is a payment by the groom or his family to the bride's parents, dowry is the wealth transferred from the bride's family to the groom or his family, ostensibly for the bride. Similarly, dower is the property settled on the bride herself, by the groom at the time of marriage, and which remains under her ownership and control.[2] Dowry
Dowry is an ancient custom, and its existence may well predate records of it. Dowries continue to be expected, and demanded as a condition to accept a marriage proposal, in some parts of the world, mainly in parts of Asia, Northern Africa
Northern Africa and the Balkans
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Bari
Bari ([ˈbaːri] listen (help·info)) ( Bari
Bari dialect: Bare; Latin: Barium; Ancient Greek: Βάριον, Bárion) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari
Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia
Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy
Italy after Naples, a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas. The city itself has a population of 326,799, as of 2015[update], over 116 square kilometres (45 sq mi), while the urban area has 700,000 inhabitants. The metropolitan area has 1.3 million inhabitants. Bari
Bari is made up of four different urban sections
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In religion, a relic usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangible memorial. Relics are an important aspect of some forms of Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Shamanism, and many other religions. Relic
Relic derives from the Latin
Latin reliquiae, meaning "remains", and a form of the Latin verb relinquere, to "leave behind, or abandon"
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The Pontifical Basilica
Basilica di San Nicola ( Basilica
Basilica of Saint Nicholas) is a church in Bari, southern Italy
Italy that holds wide religious significance throughout Europe and the Christian world. The basilica is an important pilgrimage destination both for Roman Catholics
Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians
Orthodox Christians from Eastern Europe.Contents1 History 2 Architecture 3 Treasures 4 Feast days 5 See also 6 External linksHistory[edit] The basilica was built between 1087 and 1197, during the Italo-Norman domination of Apulia, the area previously occupied by the Byzantine Catapan of which Bari
Bari was the seat. Its foundation is related to the recovery of some of the relics of Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas from the saint’s original shrine in Myra, in what is now Turkey
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A pilgrimage is a journey or search of moral or spiritual significance. Typically, it is a journey to a shrine or other location of importance to a person's beliefs and faith, although sometimes it can be a metaphorical journey into someone's own beliefs. Many religions attach spiritual importance to particular places: the place of birth or death of founders or saints, or to the place of their "calling" or spiritual awakening, or of their connection (visual or verbal) with the divine, to locations where miracles were performed or witnessed, or locations where a deity is said to live or be "housed", or any site that is seen to have special spiritual powers. Such sites may be commemorated with shrines or temples that devotees are encouraged to visit for their own spiritual benefit: to be healed or have questions answered or to achieve some other spiritual benefit. A person who makes such a journey is called a pilgrim
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CrusadersKingdom of FranceBlois Toulouse Boulogne Flanders Normandy Le Puy-en-Velay Vermandois BrittanyHoly Roman EmpireDuchy of Lower Lorraine Republic of GenoaSicily (Taranto) Byzantine Empire Armenian CiliciaMuslim forcesSeljuk Sultanate Danishmends Fatimid Caliphate Abbasid CaliphateCommanders and leadersImperial Contingent:Godfrey of Bouillon Baldwin of BoulogneSouthern French Contingent:Raymond IV of Toulouse Adhemar of Le PuyNorthern French Contingent:Hugh I of Vermandois Stephen II of Blois Robert II of Flanders Robert II of NormandyNorman-Italian ContingentBohemond of Taranto Tancred of Hauteville Richard of SalernoEastern Leaders:Alexios I Komnenos Tatikios Manuel Boutoumites Constantine of ArmeniaSeljuq Empire:Kilij Arslan I Yaghi-Siyan Kerbogha Duqaq Fakhr al-Mulk RadwanDanishmendsGhazi ibn DanishmendFatimidsIftikhar ad-Daula Al-Afdal ShahanshahStrengthCrusaders: ca
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Venice
Venice (/ˈvɛnɪs/, VEN-iss; Italian: Venezia, [veˈnɛttsja] ( listen); Venetian: Venesia, [veˈnɛsja]) is a city in northeastern Italy
Italy and the capital of the Veneto
Veneto region. It is situated across a group of 118 small islands[1] that are separated by canals and linked by bridges, of which there are 400.[2][3] The islands are located in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay that lies between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers. Parts of Venice
Venice are renowned for the beauty of their settings, their architecture, and artwork.[2] The lagoon and a part of the city are listed as a World Heritage Site.[2] In 2014, 264,579 people resided in Comune
Comune di Venezia, of whom around 55,000 live in the historic city of Venice
Venice (Centro storico)
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A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy, or particular branches of Islam, is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family or person.[1][2][title missing][page needed] Catholics believe that patron saints, having already transcended to the metaphysical, are able to intercede effectively for the needs of their special charges.[3] Historically, a similar practice has also occurred in many Islamic lands
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Saint Catherine's Monastery
Monastery (Arabic: دير القدّيسة كاترين; Greek: Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης), officially "Sacred Monastery
Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount Sinai" (Greek: Ιερά Μονή του Θεοβαδίστου Όρους Σινά), lies on the Sinai Peninsula, at the mouth of a gorge at the foot of Mount Sinai, in the city of Saint Catherine, Egypt
Saint Catherine, Egypt in the South Sinai Governorate
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Archery
Archery is the sport, practice or skill of using a bow to propel arrows. The word comes from the Latin
Latin arcus. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern times, it is mainly a competitive sport and recreational activity
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