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Nitria could refer to: Nitra, a city in
western Slovakia Nitria (monastic site),
abandoned site of
early Christian monastic activity Nitrian Desert, region...
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Nitria (also Hor or Horus) was an
Egyptian Orthodox Christian ascetic who
lived around the 4th
century AD in
Egypt in Dalga,
Nitria (Lower Egypt)...
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Nitria (also
called the
Mountain of
Nitria or
Petoou Mpihosm in Gr**** and
Latin sources) is one of the
earliest Christian monastic sites in
Egypt and is...
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centers are
Nitria and Kellia. Scetis, now
called Wadi El Natrun, is best
known today because its
ancient monasteries remain in use,
unlike Nitria and Kellia...
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Benjamin of
Nitria is a 5th-century
ascetic hermit who was
martyred in 424 AD
under the
order of the
Persian King,
Varanes V. He is
considered to be one...
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ascetic who
lived in a cave. His cell was 40
stadia from the main
church in
Nitria and 12
stadia away from the main
water supply. He is
canonized as a saint...
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Cronius of
Nitria (c. 285 – c. 386) was an
Egyptian Christian monk who
lived in
Nitria,
Lower Egypt. He was one of the
Desert Fathers.
Cronius was born...
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Serapion of
Nitria, (Gr****: Σεραπίων, romanized: Serapíon; Russian: Серапион)
Serapion of Thmuis, also
spelled Sarapion, or
Serapion the
Scholastic was...
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Pambo of
Nitria (died c. 390) was a
Coptic Desert Father of the
fourth century and
disciple of
Anthony the Great. His
feast day is July 18
among the Oriental...
- the Four Tall Brothers) were four
brothers among the
Egyptian monks of
Nitria in the
fifth century by the
names of Ammonius, Dioscorus, Eusebius, and...
