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Nestor the Chronicler

Born

Kyiv, Ukraine

Died

October 13, 1114

Genre

History, Chronicles

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Nestor the Chronicler (Nestor litopysets) - famous medieval hagiographer and chronicler; saint in the Ukrainian church. The date of his canonization is uncertain. He entered the Kyivan Cave Monastery at 17 and was a hierodeacon under Hegumen Stefan of Kyiv (1074–8). He participated in the ceremonial disinterment of the relics of Saint Theodosius of the Caves in 1091. The earliest biography of Nestor appeared in the Kyivan Cave Patericon (pub 1661). He was one of the most educated men in late 11th- and early 12th-century Kyivan Rus’, renowned for his knowledge of theology, history, literature, and Greek. Nestor wrote the lives of Saints Borys and Hlib and Saint Theodosius of the Caves in the 1080s, and he supplemented and continued the text ...more

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	Повесть временных лет by Nestor the Chronicler, Нестор Летописец 3.59 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 1095 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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