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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Tolentino, Nicholas of, Saint
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• (Nicholas) Vachel Lindsay
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Alexander, Nicholas
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• Bacon, Sir Nicholas
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• Blessed Nicholas Justiniani
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• Donin, Nicholas, of La Rochelle
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The patron saint of boys, of sailors, of Russia and Aberdeen, as well as other towns; was bishop of Myra, persecuted under Diocletian; is generally represented in bishop's robes, and has either three purses or three children as his attributes; the three children and the three purses refer to one and the same story: St. Nicholas, on learning that a father who had three daughters was tempted by extreme poverty to expose them to a life of dishonour, went by night and threw into the window of the house three bags of money which served as a marriage portion for each, and thus rescued them from a life of shame.