DEMRE, TURKEY—Live Science reports that archaeologists excavating the site of the sixth-century Christian Church of St. Nicholas near Turkey’s Mediterranean coastline have reached the floor of the fourth-century structure where Nicholas served as Bishop of Myra until his death and burial there in A.D. 343. Osman Eravşar of the Antalya Cultural Heritage Preservation Regional Board said the saint’s sarcophagus was disturbed when his remains were stolen in the eleventh century. He thinks the tomb was originally placed at the base of a fresco of Jesus. To read about figurines unearthed at the ancient city of Myra, go to "Artemis, Apollo, and Friends."
Possible Burial Place of St. Nicholas Uncovered in Turkey
News October 19, 2022
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