Nestor the Chronicler
1056 – 1114 · aged 58
Saint and chronicler of Kievan Rus'
- Born
- 1056 · Kyiv
- Died
- 1114 · Kyiv
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 1056BornBorn in Kyiv
- 1114DiedDied in Kyiv
Loading from Wikipedia and Wikidata…
Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1056 – 1114).
- 1066Battle of Hastings
- 1096 – 1099First Crusade
Biography
Nestor the Chronicler (c. 1056 – c. 1114) was a monk of the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev and a prominent author in Kievan Rus'. He is firmly credited with writing two major hagiographies: the Life of the Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Caves and the Account about the Life and Martyrdom of the Blessed Passion Bearers Boris and Gleb.
The Primary Chronicle (or Tale of Bygone Years) was traditionally attributed to Nestor, giving him the epithet "the Chronicler". However, most modern scholars doubt his authorship; as a result, some historians prefer to call him Nestor the Hagiographer.
Text from the Wikipedia article Nestor the Chronicler, CC BY-SA 4.0
About this information
- No dated events from their life are recorded yet, beyond birth and death.
Dates and life events come from this person’s Wikidata entry.
We only show events that the sources give a date for. Anything without a date is left out rather than guessed.