Name
Neilos/Nilos, martyr of Alexandria
Saint ID
S00405
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints
| ID | Title | E00741 | Greek list from the city of Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), presenting festal payments expected from various churches and shrines, most of them dedicated to saints, including *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), *Ioustos/Justus (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrrhynkos, S01172), *John the Baptist (S00020), *Menas (soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073), *Thekla (probably the follower of Apostle Paul, S00092), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Neilos (perhaps the martyr of Alexandria, S00405), *Viktor (, martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos, S00749), possibly *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), *Gabriel (the Archangel, S00192), *Philoxenos (saint with cult at Oxyrhynchos, S00443), and *Ioulianos/Julianus (probably the martyr of Cilicia, buried at Antioch or in Egypt, S00305); datable to the 5th c. | E02123 | Greek list from the city of Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), listing churches, most of them dedicated to saints, including *Viktor (presumably the martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos, S00749), *Neilos (perhaps the martyr of Alexandria, S00405), an Evangelist (possibly *Mark, E00293), *Zechariah (presumably the father of John the Baptist, S00597), *John (the Apostle and Evangelist, S00042), *Gabriel (the Archangel, S00192), *Kollouthos (physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641), *John the Baptist (S00020), *Theodore (presumably the soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), *Ioustos (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrrhynchos, S01172), and *Phoibammon (presumably the soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080); datable to the 6th century. | E02301 | Greek receipt from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), concerning an offering made to a hospital located in the vicinity of (a church of) *Neilos (perhaps the martyr of Alexandria, S00405); dated to 13 March 587. | E03561 | Coptic Martyrdom of *Nile (martyr probably of Alexandria, S00405) and his brothers, one of them named as *Sakine (S01465), produced for the Monastery of Apa Shenoute (Upper Egypt), relating various miraculous events occurring during their trial, presumably taking place at Alexandria, when the archangel *Michael (S00181) repeatedly saves the saints from tortures, thereby exposing the power of God; written most likely in the 6th/7th century. |
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