Nilus of Ancyra

Nilus was a monk of Ancyra in Galatia who admired and defended John Chrysostom. He wrote ascetic treatises, letters and exhortations for monks and for lay people. Part of the corpus printed under his name in Migne belongs to other authors, notably Evagrius of Pontus.

Dates

d. ca. 430 (approximate)

See or city

Ancyra

Region

Galatia

Also known as

Nilus the Ascetic; Nilus of Sinai

Notes

Monk and teacher near Ancyra in Galatia, a disciple and defender of John Chrysostom. Several works printed under his name (e.g. On Prayer) are now ascribed to Evagrius; later tradition also confused him with the prefect Nilus of Sinai.

Works

• Monastic Exercise (Ascetic Discourse)De monastica exercitatione · ca. 390-430 · CPG 6055 (not yet checked)
• Voluntary Poverty (To the Deaconess Magna)De voluntaria paupertate · ca. 390-430 · CPG 6055 (not yet checked)
• On the Excellence of MonksDe monachorum praestantia · ca. 390-430 · CPG 6055 (not yet checked)