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The figure we know as Santa Claus has origins in Saint Nicholas, a historical Christian bishop. His real name in Greek was Nikolaos of Myra (Νικόλαος ὁ Μυριώτης). Saint Nicholas was a 4th-century bishop in the city of Myra, located in what is now Turkey.