Who is the most well-known Christian saint who lived on this coast?

St. Nicholas, originally the son of a wealthy grain merchant of Patara in the province of Lycia ,in the 4th Cent BC. Scholarly when young, he became a bishop at a young age and attended the Council of Nicaea with Emperor Constantine. Eventually, many years later, after his death , he was adopted as the patron Saint of Greece and Russia as well as the patron saint of sailors. 400 churches are dedicated to him in England, mostly by the sea , so as to look after the sailors. Additionally, he has an important chapel dedicated to him in Westminster Abbey on the left hand side of Jesus Christ. St Paul's chapel being on the right -hand. The legend of him giving dowries to three young girls is the origin of the story about him, as Father Christmas, giving presents to children. His saint's day is 6th December. There are many other legends. They were taken to New Amsterdam (later New York ) by the Dutch in the 17th century.
We visit his home city, also the city of his bishopric and the island where he may have died and where he has been commemorated for over 1600 years. All are much easier to visit on M/S ‘Odysseus' than by land.