This volume brings together nine articles about St Nicholas, bishop of Myra in the first half of the fourth century. The articles are revised versions of papers presented in 2015 at a conference in Bern, Switzerland, on 5 and 6 December, St Nicholas's saint's days. Participants consisted of promising junior scholars as well as well-established experts from different fields of theology. It was the organiser's aim to examine the traditions that are connected with St Nicholas and provide new perspectives on how this figure can potentially become a starting point for fruitful future discussions. Hence the methodological approach of the book is not merely historical, but also interdisciplinary, though one must note that this interdisciplinarity is restricted to theology. Peter Gemeinhardt's contribution ‘Wanderungen eines Heiligen’ examines the legends about St Nicholas in the hagiographical tradition until the time of the Reformation. Joachim Nagel presents systematic reflections on concepts of holiness. Nancy Rahn deals with Old Testament perspectives on St Nicholas as a thaumaturgist. Florian Lippke studies St Nicholas in the perspective of the history of religion. Nils Neumann and Zbyněk Kindschi Garský examine how motifs from Luke and Matthew influenced the formation of pictures of St Nicholas. Maria Lissek presents a stimulating analysis of the figure of St Nicholas's dark antagonist in medieval sources. Jörg Swaratzki employs insights from practical theology and opens new perspectives on religious customs connected with St Nicholas. Katharina Heyden's article, in summary, underlines the productiveness of the extant traditions for each theological subject as well as for the interdisciplinary discussion. The question to be answered in such a discussion could be ‘What kind of St. Nicholas is appropriate to our present age?’ This is an inspiring new book about one of the most popular saints in the history of Christianity. It offers a fresh approach to the historical figure as well as to the legendary portrayal of St Nicholas, and to his contemporary significance.