#san nicolas

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San Nicolás House, Valle de Bravo, Mexico,

Courtesy: Central de Arquitectura + Módica Ledezma

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St. Nicholas Church, Ghent, BELGIUM

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[howamidrivinginlimbo]

Bari, Puglia

[ltwilliammowett]

Vice Admiral (here he was just a Commodore) Nelson boarding the San Nicolas by her upper quarter-gallery, by Clarkson Stanfield (1793-1867)

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San Nicolás de Bari and San Pedro Mártir at the moment when light passing through the stained glass illuminates one of the many cherubs.

[cruger2984]

O good St. Nicholas, you who are the joy of the children, put in my heart the spirit of childhood, which the Gospel speaks, and teach me to seed happiness around me.

You, whose feast prepares us for Christmas, open my faith to the mystery of God made man. You good bishop and shepherd, help me to find my place in the Church, and inspire the Church to be faithful to the Gospel.

O good Saint Nicholas, patron of children, sailors and the helpless, watch over those who pray to Jesus, your Lord and theirs, as well as over those who humble themselves before you. Bring us all in reverence to the Holy Child of Bethlehem, when true joy and peace are found. Amen.

Nicholas: The Boy Who Became Santa (1990) dir. Fernando Uribe and Steven Hahn

[sheliach]

Café La Paz, at Avenida Corrientes 1593, is a landmark café where, in the 1960's, writers and musicians like David Viñas, Ricardo Piglia...