# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nilus-of-sora
# Generated: 2026-08-15T17:03:07.611Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nilus-of-sora"
name: "Nilus of Sora"
slug: "nilus-of-sora"
description: "Nilus of Sora was a Russian Orthodox monk, spiritual writer, theologian, and the founder of the Sora Hermitage. He is best known as the founder of a tendency in the Russian Orthodox Church known as the non-possessors (nestyazhateli) which opposed ecclesiastic landownership. The Russian Orthodox Church venerates Nilus as a saint, marking his feast day on the anniversary of his repose on 7 May."
tagline: "Russian theologian and saint"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nilsora.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1433"
deathDate: "1508-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.78697333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "نيلوس من سورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nil_Sorsk%C3%BD"
    title: "Nil Sorský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nil_Sorski"
    title: "Nil Sorski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilus_of_Sora"
    title: "Nilus of Sora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nil_de_la_Sora"
    title: "Nil de la Sora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sz%C3%B3rai_Szent_Nilus"
    title: "Szórai Szent Nilus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilo_di_Sora"
    title: "Nilo di Sora"
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  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilus_Sorensis"
    title: "Nilus Sorensis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Нил Сорски"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nil_Sorski"
    title: "Nil Sorski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nil_Sorskij"
    title: "Nil Sorskij"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump