Mbrandt will chime in with all the stats, but this is the story of how St Nicholas saved the lives of the 3 little boys. Story is that they were travelling to school/university and stopped for the night. The unscrupulous innkeeper, seeing that they were wealthy, killed them to rob them, and then being a thrifty sort of serial killer, cut them up and put them in brine (to be later served to his guests, I guess.) St. Nicholas (patron saint of actors, children, spinsters, pick pockets, pawn brokers and prostitutes—fact) happened along, knew all at a glance, and resurrected them (intact, of course).
Mbrandt will chime in with all the stats, but this is the story of how St Nicholas saved the lives of the 3 little boys. Story is that they were travelling to school/university and stopped for the night. The unscrupulous innkeeper, seeing that they were wealthy, killed them to rob them, and then being a thrifty sort of serial killer, cut them up and put them in brine (to be later served to his guests, I guess.) St. Nicholas (patron saint of actors, children, spinsters, pick pockets, pawn brokers and prostitutes—fact) happened along, knew all at a glance, and resurrected them (intact, of course).