Saint Nilus the Younger
- Also known as
- Nilus of Rossano
- Memorial
- 26 September
- Profile
- Son of Greek immigrants to Italy.
Misspent youth.
Treasury official.
Married, we think, and the father of one daughter.
A life-threatening illness followed the death of his wife and daughter when Nilus was about thirty years old brought about his conversion, and life's work proved it was a true conversion.
Basilian monk at the abbey of Saint Adrian in Calabria, Italy.
Fluent in Greek and Latin.
Hymnographer.
Lived sometimes as a hermit, and sometimes he travelled from one monastery to another.
Supported Pope Gregory V when he was driven out of Rome, then opposed him when Gregory and Emperor Otto III were they abused the forces of the anti-pope.
Abbot of Saint Adrian.
In 981 the invading Saracens drove the monks into exile at Vellelucio.
On his deathbed, Nilus proclaimed Vellelucio to be the new home city for the abbey, and the house of Grottaferrata has been there since.
Spiritual director of Saint Bartholomew of Rossano.
- Born
- 910 at Rossano, Calabria, Italy
- Died
- 27 December 1005 at Grottaferrata, Frascati, Italy of natural causes
- Patronage
- Grottaferrata, Italy
- Additional Information
- Catholic Encyclopedia, by Adrian Fortescue
- Print References
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints
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