Saint Nilus of Tyre

Memorial

• 20 February

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Bishop in Egypt. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

• c.304 in Tyre, Phoenicia (modern Sur, Lebanon)

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Nilus of Tyre“. Saints.SQPN.com. 19 February 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>