Nilus of Sinai

Nilus of Sinai was a monk, beamter and writer (365–430). He was born at Ankara and died at Mount Sinai.

Also recorded as Nilus of Ancyra; Nilus the Elder; Neilos of Ancyra.

Nilus of Sinai in brief

Born
365
Died
430
Known for
monk, beamter and writer
Place of birth
Ankara
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Nilus of Ancyra, Nilus the Elder and Neilos of Ancyra. His recorded language was Ancient Greek.

Catalogued works

3 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection.

Capita seu praeceptiones sententiosae. Capita seu praeceptiones sententiosae (ed. Orelli, 1819). Cardiovascular physiology in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries / [Jerome Joseph Bylebyl]., dated [1976], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Nilus of Sinai, Religion Past and Present. Kapitel III. Die Erzählung vom Überfall der Mönche am Sinai, Untersuchungen zur Nilus dem Asketen, 2010. History and Hagiography from the Late Antique Sinai, 2010. Syriac Sayings of Saint Nilus of Sinai, Theological Herald, 2018. Nilus von Ancyra (Nilus Asketes, Nilus Sinaita) (1. Hälfte 5. Jh.), Theologische Realenzyklopädie Online. Wizerunek pustyni i jej mieszkańców w świetle świadectw Świętych Ojców z Synaju, Vox Patrum, 2018. Newfound Excerpts from the Nomocanon in the Synaxarion from the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum, Slavistica Vilnensis, 2020.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in VIAF (71405213). Those registers additionally record the form Nilus of Sinai, Egyptian saint.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 19 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 365Nilus of Sinai born at Ankara.
  2. 430Nilus of Sinai died at Mount Sinai.
  3. 1976Cardiovascular physiology in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries / [Jerome Joseph Bylebyl]. (Wellcome Collection).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    History and Hagiography from the Late Antique Sinai, 2010

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Kapitel III. Die Erzählung vom Überfall der Mönche am Sinai, Untersuchungen zur Nilus dem Asketen, 2010

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Nilus of Sinai, Religion Past and Present

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Nilus von Ancyra (Nilus Asketes, Nilus Sinaita) (1. Hälfte 5. Jh.), Theologische Realenzyklopädie Online

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Syriac Sayings of Saint Nilus of Sinai, Theological Herald, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Nilus of Sinai.

    open access index · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    VIAF cluster 71405213 for Nilus of Sinai, aggregating national library name authorities.

    authority file · Unverified · OCLC

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Nilus of Sinai.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q770938: Nilus of Sinai

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Nilus of Sinai”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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