The church has a tomb on display that is considered the burial location for St. Nicholas, but there has long been debate about whether it matches the history following the theft of the bones.

The Oxford team says these are the first tests carried out on the bones. Relics of St Nicholas, who died in modern-day Turkey, have been kept in the crypt of a church in Bari in Italy since the ...

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The discovery of lamps and animal bones in the vicinity of the sarcophagus led researchers towards the conclusion that the area had been a historical burial site. The Church of St. Nicholas in ...

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