Saints of Orthodoxy

St. Nilusof Sinai

the Faster

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“The wife and daughter of Nilus went to one of the women’s monasteries in Egypt, and St Nilus and his son Theodulus went to Sinai...”
St. Nilus of Sinai

Dates of commemoration for saint

Synaxes & other dates of commemoration

Birth

4th century

Constantinople, Roman Empire

Death

451

Sinai, Egypt

Life path

  • Married, with Children
  • Government Service
  • Author

Undertakings & Callings

  • Fasting
  • Anchorism
  • Elderhood

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