But before we present the true story of "Santa Claus" let us list some of the other ... children who had been dismembered when he was the Bishop of Myra. Thus is derived his patronage of children.

BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — Many people and famous Christmas songs refer to Santa Claus as St. Nicholas ... There was, indeed, a real Christian bishop of the same name — Nicholas of Myra ...

The white-bearded Christian saint whose acts of generosity inspired America's secular Santa Claus figure is known ... was a fourth century Christian bishop from the Mediterranean port city of ...