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Nicolas
Bishop of Myra, Defender of Orthodoxy, Wonderworker, Holy Hierarch,
Born: 15 March 270 AD, Patara, Lycia et Pamphylia, Roman Empire
Died: 6 December 343 AD, (aged 73)
Myra, Diocese of Asia, Roman Empire

Vita Per Michaëlem
by Michael the Archimandrite,
(compiled and penned between 814 and 842)

This is believed to be the earliest surviving life of Saint Nicholas. It is also thought to be the first complete biography, though earlier partial accounts had been written. Michael drew on earlier written sources and oral tradition, particularly received through a monk.