Another of the medieval “saints’ lives” of St Nicholas of Myra, the basis for our Santa Claus, is now accessible in English. This is the so-called Vita Compilata, or “Compiled life”, put together from earlier hagiographical sources.

A kind gentleman writing as Fr. Alban Justinus has translated it for us, from the Greek edition of G. Anrich. Many thanks!

Here it is:

As ever, these are made public domain. Do whatever you like with them, personal, educational or commercial.

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