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Locofinger t1_je29a7c wrote

Nicholas was sainted because he stole money from the Roman Church/State and threw it in the windows of the poor families with daughters. So they could pay the dowry and buy a husband, instead of being forced into sex work.

So pre-Sainthood was the first visits by the reverse home invader.

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Wemetintheair OP t1_je2atv1 wrote

All of this is true, but he was not beatified until 1446, so before that he was not Saint Nick!

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Jump_Like_A_Willys t1_je2tcr3 wrote

Nicholas was just one of the middle people in a long line of Dread Pirate Clauses.

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