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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...
- Or of
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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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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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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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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Serapion of
Nitria, (Gr****: Σεραπίων, romanized: Serapíon; Russian: Серапион)
Serapion of Thmuis, also
spelled Sarapion, or
Serapion the
Scholastic was...
- the Elder, a
Roman historian,
wrote about pirates between Muziris and
Nitrias (Netravati River),
called Nitran by Ptolemy. He also
mentions Barace (Barcelore)...
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formed by Pachomius. The
third was a semi-hermitic
lifestyle seen
mostly in
Nitria,
Kellia and Scetis, west of the Nile,
begun by
Saint Amun. The
latter were...
- Soon the
Egyptian desert blossomed with monasteries,
especially around Nitria (Wadi El Natrun),
which was
called the "Holy City".
Estimates are that upwards...
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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...
