The bone fragment of Santa's prototype

Group of British scientists found that the pelvis fragment could belong, today.

Experts at Keble University discovered a piece of pelvis could belong to Saint Nicholas, the prototype of today, Yahoo News reported on December 6. The bone was found in France and now owned by Father Dennis O'Neill at St Martha of Bethany Church, Illinois, USA.

Images of Santa built from generous St. Nicholas.(Photo: Rex).

Test results indicate that the bone fragment dates back to the 4th century, coinciding with the time when St. Nicholas died according to many historians, meaning about 343.

"A lot of the bones we studied when testing were later than this time. But the new bone shows, maybe we found the remains of Saint Nicholas," said Professor Tom Higham at Keble University. said.

Saint Nicholas is one of the most revered Christians. Experts say he lives in Myra or Turkey today. According to the story, he was a rich and famous man. It is this personality that inspires the story of Santa Claus bringing gifts to children on Christmas day.

Most of the remains of St. Nicholas are preserved in the Basilica di San Nicola, Bari, Italy, since 1087. In addition, about 500 other bone fragments can be preserved at the San Nicolò church, Venice.

The newly discovered pelvis in France.(Photo: Newsweek).

"The findings motivate us to analyze the bones in Bari and Venice to see if they belong to the same person. We can do this through DNA or genome testing. It will be interesting if these The bone fragment that existed so long ago was real, " said Dr. Georges Kazan at Keble University.

However, the determination of this number of bones belongs to the same person could not elucidate the mysteries surrounding the true remains of St. Nicholas. In October, Turkish archaeologists discovered a grave amid the ruins of an ancient church and thought it was the tomb of St. Nicholas. They claimed that the remains in Italy belonged to another priest.

Maybe the scientific world will never know if the bones really belong to Santa's prototype."Science cannot prove that the number of bones is correct but just prove them not , " concluded Higham.