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Venerable (Monastic) · 13th century

Venerable Nikephoros of Mount Athos

Also known as Nikephoros the Hesychast · Nicephorus of Athos

An Italian who embraced Orthodoxy and the monastic life on Mount Athos, where he taught the watchfulness and prayer of the heart and guided disciples in the hesychast tradition.

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Notes

Distinct from St Nikephoros of Chios (May 1).

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints