2006-12-06 00:56:17 · 6 answers · asked by Carl S 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
4th Century.
2006-12-06 02:43:33 · answer #1 · answered by fill4ted2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The actual saint was from Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) and lived in the 4th Century. The transformation into the modern-day Santa Claus happened mostly in Holland and Germany and culminated in the 19th Century with the famous poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement Moore.
2006-12-06 02:02:14 · answer #2 · answered by dmb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saint Nicholas (Greek: Νικόλαος, Nikolaos, "victory of the people") is the common name for Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, who had a reputation for secret gift-giving, but is now commonly identified with Santa Claus, Father Christmas or in the Netherlands and northern Belgium as Sint-Nicolaas or Sinterklaas. He lived in 4th-century Myra in the Byzantine Empire's Lycia, the modern day Demre in the Antalya province of Turkey. This is as much as is generally known about him in the West.
2006-12-06 00:59:27 · answer #3 · answered by Polo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was born in some place called Lycia, in Asia Minor around 280 AD.
2006-12-06 01:04:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1700
2006-12-06 00:58:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am not sure , is it 15th
2006-12-06 01:04:05 · answer #6 · answered by star 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋