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Nicholas of Corinth

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[[Image:Nicholas crowned.jpg|right|200px|thumb|St Nicholas of Corinth. A source for the icon <ref>[http://www.psarikorinthias.gr/agios-nikolaos.html Holy Newly-Revealed New Martyr Nicholas of Ichthys, Corinth (Greek)]</ref>]][[Saint titles|New-Martyr]] '''Nicholas of KorinthCorinth''' (+1554) is the [[patron saint]] of the Greek village of Psari, where he lived for most of his life. He contested for his faith in Constantinople in the year 1554. He is commemorated by the church [[February 14]].{{stub|Ixthis888}}== Biography ==Nicholas was born to devout christian parents, John and ''Kali'' (Good) in the small village of Greece called Ixthis (Now called Psari<ref>Psari, Corinthia, is a settlement near Stymfalia of KorinthCorinth, Greece.</ref> of Corinth and contested for the faith in Constantinople in the year 1554) a little after A.D. 1500. His parents died a little after he turned twelve. He is commemorated by the church was moved from Corinth to [[February 14w:Silivri|Silivria]]<ref>A city and a district in Istanbul Province along the Sea of Marmara in Turkey.</ref>.
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[[Image:Nicholas crowned.jpg|right|300px|thumb|St Nicholas of Korinth]]
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[[Category:16th-century saints]]

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