Saint Nilus the Elder
A high dignitary and governor of Constantinople, Saint Nilus left his duties and family to embrace the solitary life on Mount Sinai with his son Theod…
First name and chronology
Nilus
2 saints and blesseds bear the name Nilus, between 390 and 1005; the most famous is Saint Nilus of Rossano, celebrated on September 26th.
Chronology of the name Nilus
Dated figures are ordered from earliest to latest.
- 390-450 Saint Nilus the Elder A high dignitary and governor of Constantinople, Saint Nilus left his duties and family to embrace the solitary life on …
- 940-1005 Saint Nilus of Rossano (the Younger) Saint Nilus of Rossano, a major figure of 10th-century Italo-Greek monasticism, lived a life of rigorous asceticism betw…