We really do not know what the financial status of Nicholas was. However, it is doubtful if he was either rich or poor. He was probably middle class. Any wealth he might have had he gave to the poor. His parents died when he was still quite young and left him a large inheritance. He gave nearly all of it to the poor.
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No, Saint Nicholas lived in ancient times, and died about a century before the Middle Ages started.
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Saint Nicholas is remembered for his generosity and concern for the poor, especially the children.
St. Nicholas of Myra lived an exemplary life in service to the poor.
Santa- is from saint nicholas because saint Nicholas was the one who started this whole santa thing but saint Nicholas only gave it to the poor and needy children.
Saint Nicholas... who stressed the importance of drawing material goods for passing them onto the poor.
Saint Nicholas or Kris Kringle
St. Nicholas is the saint. When spoken/translated from German, it sounded a lot like Santa Claus. St. Nicholas made a practice of giving gifts to the poor.
St. Nicholas of Myra was a very holy and pious bishop who was imprisioned for our Lord at one time. He spent much of his life devoted to helping the poor and others in need.
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He was known for giving poor children presents, whose parents could not afford them.
No one made him up. Santa originated from a real person, Saint Nicholas, who would bring gifts to the poor. Santa Claus just evolved out of Saint Nicholas
At the time of Saint Nicholas of Myra people did not have last names. If he had addtional names we are not aware of them.
Jude is thought to have been a farmer so was probably neither rich nor poor. He was most likely lower middle class.