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Saint for a Minute

Icon of Saint Nilus The Elder Yakov Bogatenko 1904

Icon of Saint Nilus The Elder Yakov Bogatenko 1904

Saint Nilus The Elder

Also known as: Nilus of Sinai; Nilus of Ancyra; Neilos…; Nilo…

Saint

Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

12-Nov

Born

4th century Byzantium

Died

C.430 of natural causes

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Biography

Saint Nilus the Elder, a Byzantine imperial official who may have held the rank of Praetorian Prefect, lived

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