Saint Nicholas Thaumaturgos

Origin: Russia
Age: 1st Half of the XIXth Century
Composition: Silver base, tempera on wood
Measures Cms: 70,5 X 61,0 X 3,0

He was born in Lycia, Turkey, heir to an immense fortune, distributed his wealth among the poor and became a monk. In the East they call him Nicolas de Mira, and in the West Nicolas de Bari, because when the Mohammedans invaded Turkey, a group of Catholics He secretly took the relics of the Saint from there and took them to Bari, where great miracles were produced when praying to him, already in the year 550 he had a temple in his honor. He passed away on December 6, 345. Accompanying: Pimen, Andrew, Gregory, Peter, Iolitta, Cyric and Ana.