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Nilus
bishop in Egypt and martyr
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Feast: 19 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
In Palestine, the holy martyrs Peleus and Nilus, bishops in Egypt, Elijah, a priest, and Patermuthius, who, during the persecution of the emperor Diocletian, were burned at the stake for Christ together with many clerics.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 19 September as a bishop in Egypt who was burned at the stake in Palestine during the persecution of Diocletian.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 19 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Re906a3b5 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.