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In Ireland, found the city where Santa Claus is buried
(ORDO NEWS) — Lidar has helped archaeologists locate and map a medieval trading town that may contain the relics of Nicholas the Wonderworker. In County Kilkenny, in the east of Ireland, is the Cistercian Abbey of Gerpoint. And not far from it are the ruins, which the locals call the ruins of the chapel, in which Saint Nicholas, the prototype of Santa Claus (in the Orthodox tradition, this saint is…
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Tomb of Nicholas the Wonderworker, who was the prototype of Santa Claus, was discovered
(ORDO NEWS) — The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Demre, Turkey, was flooded due to the rising level of the Mediterranean Sea during the Middle Ages. Therefore, for a long time, archaeologists could not find the tomb of the saint, who became the prototype of Santa Claus (Santa – “saint”, Klaus – “Nicholas”). Despite the fact that for many years people have been visiting the church in Demre,…