“Saint Nicholas, also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century Christian saint and Greek Bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor.” He was born in Patara, Lycia, Turkey on March 15, 270 AD and passed away on the sixth of December 343 AD. St. Nicholas was a bishop who helped those that were in need and that were sick, after he passed away in December he turn into the legendary character known as Santa Claus now this was because he was a gift-giving person when he was alive. His feast day is in December 6 of every year, St. Nicholas is an inspiring saint from my perspective as a person.
Saint Nicholas had some significant events happen to him when he was a young that made had have the impact of what he did in his life. Nicholas parents died when he was young and left him a lot of money, which made him a rich man after time. “He lost both of his parents as a young man and reportedly used his inheritance to help the poor and sick.” His uncle took care of Nicholas and raised him after they passed away. Later on St. Nicholas served in Myra as a bishop, Myra is a city now known as Demre.
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Nicholas was best known for him helping those in needs and the ones who were sick, he did most of that with the money his parents left him after they passed away instead of him keeping it all to himself and being selfish. Saint Nicholas has many legends of how he helped others in need, one of them stories explains how he helped out this three girls that his father didn't have enough money to pay their dowries so he was thinking of selling them into servitude. So what Nicholas did was to go into their home three times and put bags filled with money in their table to help them out, nut on the third time St. Nicholas went to the house he got caught by the father of the girls and the guy thanked him for his act of kindness. “He also reportedly saved three men who were falsely imprisoned and sentenced to death.” Since St. Nicholas was so kind and helpful therefore he became into a
Francis always dreamed about riding through the town as a hero. His father wanted Francis to learn about being a silk merchant, but Francis wasn't interested. Later, the city he lived in, Assissi, got into a battle with a neighboring city of Perugia, and Francis fought in the battle. He bought fancy horses, swords, and clothes to impress others. He was captured and put in jail for 1 year, and during this time he came down with a severe illness.
Highly recognized by people, saints are famous around the world by people of all different backgrounds. Many different Christian-based religions have or use saints as a purpose to get people to pray more often than they would usually, or have them to be used as “communion saints”. There are over 10,000 saints, many with different backgrounds, histories, and meanings. Some of them are patron saints, which shield or protect a certain person, place, or thing. Saints can mean a lot of different things to people, with some of the most famous ones being Joan of Arc, Saint Agnes, Saint Peter, Saint Patrick, and more, But one of them, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, is easily overlooked and stands for a greater message even through her hard times.
Francis gained the greatest joy. Desiring the greatest humility, he began to wear rough and uncomfortable clothes, using only a rope to tie up his tunic. However his humility was shown not only through the way he dressed, it became visible in his every action. One time, while on a pilgrimage some highway robbers jeered at him, spat upon him, and threw him in a ditch. Instead of hardening his heart towards them, he cheerfully picked himself up and continued on his way while singing. Another time, when he began to rebuild the church in Assisi, rather than ask for donations and funds, he lowered himself and begged in the streets of Assisi for the stones to rebuild it. Even when he was given stones, he dragged them away himself and worked with the craftsmen in rebuilding the church by hand. Humility, though it is the virtue which is the most difficult to live out, is the root of all joy. St. Francis lived out humility in all things, lowering himself to be a servant of the beggars and finding happiness through his humility and his generosity as
...imited knowledge of religion is what led him to accept Nicholas’s story and his subsequent humiliation in society.
In the Middle Ages, conversion stories acted as a means to enlist more lay brethren to help sects like the Dominicans with preaching and recruiting activities in urban cities. The main character in "The Conversion of Waldo" specifically was influenced by the conversion story of Saint Alexis. Saint Alexis gave up all of his possessions from his secular life and lived the life holy man as a beggar, where he eventually became canonized after he died at the entrance of his parents ' home. Although "The Conversion of Waldo" mainly focuses around a man 's self-inflicted penance of giving up his possessions, since he previously practiced usury, it incorporates the theme of the urbanization of education in the Roman Catholic Church, the revival of practices set forth in the Christian Bible, and Waldo challenges set social conventions of acceptable behavior in both the lay and religious communities.
St. Francis of Assisi was born in Umbria in the year 1182. He was a child every father hoped for, he was filled with life, a determined and courageous individual. He was gifted with rather good looks, qualities that attracted friends and a gift of leadership. His father was an extremely wealthy merchant in Assisi. But this son, his favourite, was the one who broke Peter Bernardone’s heart. The boy turned on his father, and in a vicious event that eventually resulted into a public scene. St. Francis of Assisi stepped away from his father, his business and left his father in a state of immense emotional suffering.
how his Empire was run at home. Nicholas I was influenced heavily by Christianity. Christianity drove him to
Saint Francis will always be know as a man with endless amounts of love, a saint, and an army hero. But, the majority of people who retell the story of Saint Francis cannot leave out the parts of his suffering and his despair, for those are the parts that make his story that much better to hear. Without the struggle in the beginning their will not be satisfaction at the end. Jesus once said “For
When he returned, he gave up everything he owned. It disgusted him. In fact he got rid of so much that he left naked. Soon after, God had called on him to rebuild his church and so Francis ran and got enough money to have the church repaired. Upon his return to town, he was called a madman. It certainly did appear that he was. He had gone from being very wealthy to choosing to live a life of poverty.
He was from Cologne, Germany. A second notable feature is that in this crusade, there were more women participating than the last crusade. The group traveled from Cologne to Rome in order to visit the Pope. To do this, they had to travel through the Alps, in which many died. When Nicholas and all of the other children reached the Pope, they marched in with an intent to have the Pope sanctify the crusade. He did not. Both major rulers, the king and the pope, publicly rejected the twelve-year-old “leaders” of the Children’s Crusades, but the children were stubborn and proceeded anyways (Kreis).
Saint Francis of Assisi was an Italian monk who founded the monastic order of the Franciscans. He was from a wealthy family and spent most of his youth carousing the streets of Assisi with other young nobles. After fighting in the war between Assisi and Perugia, he contracted an illness and had his first mystical experience. After he was healed, Francis had another mystical experience while praying in a neglected church: “After a period of prayer and meditation, Francis heard the voice of Jesus coming from a nearby crucifix: ‘Francis go, repair my house, which, as you see, is falling completely to ruin’.” It was this call that inspired Francis to leave Assisi, determined to live more simply with his fellow monks.
One might ask, where did the tradition Santa Claus come from? The answer to this question unfortunately is not quite as straight forward. Somehow this tradition wove itself into the holiday season during the 4th century from Turkey, where a wealthy bishop, by the name of Nicholas habitually gave gifts to children. Following the death of Nicholas, he was honored as a saint, Sinter Nikolass, and a holiday was established in honor of him on December 6th. Dutch people in the Netherlands later shortened the saint's name to Sinter Klaas, which eventually evolved into Santa Claus in the US following Dutch i...
In the nineteenth century, Stephen was raised by his mother and father who valued the Catholic faith. They were strict with Stephen, making it a point to show him the consequences of sin by using discipline. They taught Stephen to fear sins and view them as viperous (Riquelme 133). At a young age, Stephen was baptized and confessed his love for God (Farrell 4). He grew up serving the Lord, and obeying the rules of the Catholic religion.
Also in the 4th century, a bishop in Turkey who came to be called St. Nicholas was known for good deeds involving children. St. Nicholas is illustrated in medieval and renaissance paintings as a tall, dignified and severe man. His feast day on December 6 was celebrated throughout Europe until about the 16th century. Afterwards, he continued to be known in Protestant Holland.
Francis was born with the baptismal name of John, to Peter Bernardone and his wife Pica, in the fall of 1182 while Peter was away. A well to do businessman in fabrics, furs and fine apparel, Peter was not pleased with the baptismal name that Pica had chosen in honor of John the Baptist, so he insisted on the name Franciscus or Francis in English. Francis was brought up in the privilege that Peter’s business permitted and Peter was grooming him to take over this business one day. During this grooming process, Francis came across many classes of people and all walks of life learning from each person. While learning the tools of Peter’s trade, Francis was learning that a life of privilege supported his life of parties, partiers, and an elaborate wardrobe. Even though his parents did not discipline or control his lavish behavior, they were concerned for his lack of interest in Peter’s business. However, Francis did take note of his wealth when a beggar came to his father’s shop; Francis dismissed him, but later saw his actions as greedy and was re...