Nilos 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E IX |
| Dates | 816 (taq) / 818 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 5238 |
| Locations | Stoudios (Monastery of, Constantinople); Stoudios (Monastery of, Constantinople) (residence) |
| Occupation | Fisherman; Monk |
| Textual Sources | Theodorus Studita, Epistulae, ed. G. Fatouros, CFHB 31.1-2 (Berlin/New York, 1992) (letters) |
Nilos 1 was a Stoudite monk; he was the addressee of a letter from Theodore the Stoudite (Theodoros 15), written in c. 816, thanking him for a gift of salted fish: Theod. Stud., Ep. 209 (addressed Νείλῳ τέκνῳ). He is also mentioned in three other letters of Theodoros 15, written between 816 and 818: Theod. Stud., Epp. 118, 178, 263. A supporter of the veneration of icons, he was arrested and punished by the iconoclasts: Theod. Stud., Ep. 263. He possibly earned his living as a fisherman together with fellow monks, including Hilarion 7 and Theophylaktos 112.
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