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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Nestoros, Egyptian monk, early 5th c.

Saint ID

S01136

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Miracle-workers in lifetime
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01998The Life of *Melania the Younger (aristocratic ascetic in Jerusalem, ob. 439, S01134), by Gerontius, a monk at her monastery, recounts how in Alexandria she met abba *Nestoros (Egyptian monk, early 5th c., S01136) who had powers of prophecy and healing. Written in Greek or Latin, probably in Jerusalem, c. 450.