St Nicholas and the Empty Granary

During a famine in the town of Myra in Asia Minor, bishop Nicholas persuaded the captain of a grain ship bound for Constantinople to leave a small portion of the cargo for the starving people. Remarkably, it took proved sufficient for two whole years, and when the ship reached the captital, no grain was found to be missing.

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