ST. NICHOLAS WITH SCENES FROM HIS LIFE Latter half of the 16th century 135 x 124. Egg tempera on lime wood. From the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in the village of Liskovate (Poland). Lviv National Museum. # i-1181 166k, jpeg. St. Nicholas, bishop of Myra in Lycia (Asia Minor) was famed during his lifetime as a model of faith and a paragon of gentleness. Legends about his good deeds and wonders he wrought brought him great fame among believers and led to his cult, especially widespread in democratic strata. St. Nicholas turned into one of the most reserved saints, and in the Ukraine he was famed as a protector from fires, a patron of travelers and a favorite hero of folklore. Many folk beliefs appeared in connection with the spring festival of St. Nicholas marking the translation of his relicts to Bari. Some legends are associated with Kyiv, e. g., The Deliverance of a Kyiv Boy From Drowning. Hagiographic scenes on the three borders of the middle part of the icon show (left to right): The Nativity of St. Nicholas The Baptism of St. Nicholas The Installation of St. Nicholas as Bishop The Apparition of St. Nicholas to Emperor Constantine The Apparition of St. Nicholas to the Three Innocent Men in the Dungeon St. Nicholas Deliver Agricus' Son From the Saracen Captivity St. Nicholas Exorcises the Devil St. Nicholas Delivers the Drowning Man St. Nicholas Buys a Carpet From an Old Man St. Nicholas Gives the Carpet to the Old Man's Wife The Translation of the Relics of St. Nicholas The Entombment of St. Nicholas. http://www.christusrex.org/www1/lviv/Gallery/Room6.html