St Nicholas Scotches a Rumour

One night, Emperor Constantine and his counsellor Ablabius each dreamt that St Nicholas came to warn them that three men due to be executed as traitors were innocent. Awestruck that they had experienced the same dream, they let the prisoners go. The prisoners were no less amazed, for they had spent that same night begging St Nicholas for his help.

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