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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...
- Abba 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)...
- 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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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...
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Pambo of
Nitria (died c. 390) was a
Coptic Desert Father of the
fourth century and
disciple of
Anthony the Great. His
feast day is July 18
among the Oriental...
- for 18 years, when at her wish, they parted, and he
retired to
Scetis and
Nitria, to the
south of Lake Mareotis,
where he
lived 22 years,
visiting his sister-wife...
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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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Benjamin of
Nitria is a 5th-century
ascetic hermit who was
martyred in 424 AD
under the
order of the
Persian King,
Varanes V. He is
considered to be one...
- the Four Tall Brothers) were four
brothers among the
Egyptian monks of
Nitria in the
fifth century by the
names of Ammonius, Dioscorus, Eusebius, and...
- was
begun by
Saint Amun as a semi-hermitic
lifestyle seen
primarily in
Nitria, Kellia, and
Scetis west of the Nile. The
latter were
small groups (two...
