'St. the lives ', 1888, (1965). Creator: Il'ya Repin.

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'St. Nicolas, the Miracle-worker, saves the lives of Three Innocent People wrongly condemned to be executed in Mira in Lykia', 1888, (1965). St Nicholas saving three innocents from execution. The model for Santa Claus due to his reputation for secret gift-giving, St Nicholas (300-399) was Bishop of Myra in Asia Minor. He was imprisoned by the Roman emperor Diocletian but released by Constantine. Painting in the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg. From "Russian Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries" by Vladimir Fiala. [Artia, Czechoslovakia, 1965]

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