Hieromartyr
Nilus of Egypt
Cleric of Egypt, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Feast
- September 17old style September 30
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Hieromartyr Nilus of Egypt was a bishop and suffered together with the bishop Pelius, the presbyter Zeno, Patermuthius, Elias and other martyrs, a hundred and fifty-one in all, in the time of the emperor Maximian Galerius (305-311).
Most of them were Egyptians, but among them were also Palestinians. The governor of Palestine, Firmilianus, seized a hundred and fifty-six Christians. The holy martyrs had their eyes put out, the tendons of their feet cut, and were subjected to all manner of other torments. A hundred of them were beheaded, the rest burned.
Their memory is kept on 30 September, in the new style.
Commemorated the same day September 17
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