Saint Nicholas and His Life

Around Saint Nicholas you can find the pictures with episodes of his life

Nativity of Nicholas (above in the left) and the young Nicholas in front of Bishop of Myra (above in the middle)

Nicholas, still a layman, was chosen from among the priests of the Cathedral as bishop

Nicholas is Bishop of Myra

He suddenly appears and chases away the devils

the sailors recognize the miracle and prostrate themselves in front of the saint

A diabolical spirit, in the guise of a pilgrim, gives the sailors of a ship leaving for Mira a vial full of oil with which to anoint the walls of the city's Cathedral

The Saint appears to the sailors, ordering them to throw the oil into the sea which, in contact with the water, catches fire, revealing the diabolical machination

The young Nicola secretly leaves three bags of gold coins  as a dowry to the father of three poor girls (above, in the middle); then, their father prostrates himself to the saint to thank him

In a prison, three soldiers sentenced to death invoke St. Nicholas

Saint Nicholas stops the hand of the officer who is about to behead the three prisoners, saving them from death