St. Nicholas: Born In Turkey, Buried in Ireland - 0 views
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Lon Strickler on 20 Dec 09St. Nicholas of Myra, the philanthropic fourth-century Bishop of Lycia, now part of modern-day Turkey. According to Philip Lynch, chairman of a historical society in the Irish town of Callan, the original St. Nick's remains are interred under the ruins of Jerpoint Abbey in County Kilkenny.