Although it has long been known that St. Nick was interred in the Turkish province of Antalya, the Holy Man’s remains were stolen, and Turkish researchers now claim to have located the location of the grave of St. Nicholas, the realist figure who served as the model for Santa Claus, beneath a fifth-century church in Turkey. According to Live Sains and the New York Post, his grave was not correctly interred within 700 years of his passing.
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For his part, Othman Erfshar, head of the Regional Council for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Antalya, told the local news outlet DHA (Demirören Haber Ajansı): “This is a very important discovery, which is the first discovery of that period.
The Daily Star newspaper said that Chris Kernglin, who passed away in 343 AD, was interred on the UNESCO Heritage website. Researchers uncovered the last alleged resting place for Saint Nick after uncovering the remains of the old campus, which is located in the coastal village of Demarra.
The cathedral was later flooded in the Middle Ages because of the high level of the Mediterranean water, and another church, known as Mira, was built over the city between the fifth and twelfth centuries to protect the Holy Man’s grave. However, in 1087, thieves from Barry, Italy, desecrated the grave and stole the majority of St. Nick’s remains, according to Live Science.
Researchers are likely to discover where the actual Santa Claus burial is.
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