PeleSpirit@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agoTIL Saint Nicholas (aka Santa Claus) is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, unmarried people and studentsmessage-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1182arrow-down1message-squareTIL Saint Nicholas (aka Santa Claus) is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, unmarried people and studentsPeleSpirit@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareArray_X@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·10 months agoYes he was a Bishop in today’s turkey and he became a saint because he gave three girls gold, so his father didn’t have to sell them into prostitution.
minus-squaregullible@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up26·10 months agoI’d always suspected Santa was against child prostitutes, and now I have the citation.
minus-squareEverythingispenguins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoBut he is the patron saint of adult prostitutes so …
Yes he was a Bishop in today’s turkey and he became a saint because he gave three girls gold, so his father didn’t have to sell them into prostitution.
I’d always suspected Santa was against child prostitutes, and now I have the citation.
But he is the patron saint of adult prostitutes so …