The historical St. Nicholas was a fourth-century bishop in Asia Minor.

The hourlong program traced the origins of Santa to St. Nicholas, a fourth-century bishop in what is now Turkey.

His cult was particularly promoted by Saint Ambrose, fourth-century bishop of Milan and numerous churches have been dedicated to him in the city itself and throughout the Diocese of Milan and its neighbours.

Well-heeled Milanese have paid up to $1,000 for a ticket to the annual gala, which traditionally marks the feast day of St. Ambrose, the fourth-century bishop who is revered as the city's patron in heaven.

70 Yet, since the fourth century, most churches have required those who would join such communion to profess a complex set of beliefs about God and Jesus-beliefs formulated by fourth-century bishops into the ancient Christian creeds.

Saint-Brice is the name or part of the name of several communes in France, originally dedicated to Bricius of Tours, the canonised fourth-century bishop of Tours:

The Augustine of Hippo bibliography contains a list of works published by fourth-century Christian bishop and theologian Augustine of Hippo.

Barbaʿshmin was a fourth-century bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, primate of the Church of the East, and martyr.

The original St. Nicholas, after whom Santa Claus is patterned, was a fourth-century bishop in what is now the Turkish town of Myra.

To look farther back, the Fleury St. Nicholas is a long way from the historical Nicholas of Myra, a fourth-century bishop who flourished in a town in what is now Turkey.