Nestor the Chronicler

Saint

Nestor the Chronicler
Iconographic depiction of St. Nestor the Chronicler, 1919, Viktor Vasnetsov (St Volodymyr's Cathedral, Kyiv).
Bornc. 1056
Kiev, Kievan Rus
Diedc. 1114
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Kiev, Kievan Rus

Nestor the Chronicler, or Nestor the Hagiographer, (Church Slavonic: Нестор Летописец, romanized: Nestor Letopisec; c. 1056 – c. 1114) was a monk from Kievan Rus' who is known to have written two 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.

Traditional historiography has also attributed to Nestor the Primary Chronicle (PVL), the most revered chronicle of Kievan Rus', which earned him the nickname "the Chronicler," though many modern scholars doubt this authorship. Given this controversy, some scholars refer to Nestor as "the Hagiographer," to identify him with the two hagiographies he did author.

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