✔️This is an original Anointing Oil from the relique of Saint Nicholas of Myra (known as Nicholas the Wonderworker or Saint Nicholas of Bari or Santa Claus) from the Church of Bari where his relics are kept. ✔️The content of the bottle (25 ml) is of natural olive oil with the addition of relics of Saint Nicholas, therefore it is annalergic and 100% natural. ✔️Saint Nicholas is a popular saint among Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians, distinguished for his magnanimity in his lifetime and for his purported ability to perform miracles for those in need. ✔️His reputation partially inspired the development of a similarly generous patron figure of Christmas: Santa Claus, as he is known in many countries. ✔️Indeed, Saint Nicholas’s relics have given a particular gift each year on May 22 at the Basilica of San Nicola: an extraction of consecrated liquid known as the “manna of Saint Nicholas.” ✔️In fact, since the remains of Saint Nicholas were first interred at Myra, they had been reported to exude a colorless and odorless substance believed to be capable of healing. Remarkably, that phenomenon continued upon their transfer to the tomb in Bari and contributed to the city’s becoming a pilgrimage site of special note in Europe. ✔️Robert Bartlett, an expert on the veneration of saints, explains that, for devotees, relics are simply “objects that had been in contact with the saint during his or her lifetime, and objects that had been in contact with the saint’s tomb.” Hence, as long as the manna is collecting on the bones, it is imbued with holiness. ✔️The annual celebration and collection of the manna in Bari is held on May 22. The amount of liquid gathered on this day, which is small, is then diluted in a larger pool of oil or water to be bottled in containers adorned with artwork of the saint. Pilgrims can purchase these bottles of manna and possess their own precious relic of Saint Nicholas.
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