Nicephorus
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Nikephoros, Nicephorus or Nikiforos is the name of:
Rulers
- Nikephoros I Komnenos DoukasNikephoros I Komnenos DoukasNikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, Latinized as Nicephorus I Comnenus Ducas , was ruler of Epirus from 1267/8 to c. 1297.-Life:Nikephoros was the eldest son of Michael II Komnenos Doukas and Theodora Petraliphaina...
, Despot of Epirus 1267-1297 - Nikephoros I Logothetes, Byzantine emperor 802-811
- Nikephoros II OrsiniNikephoros II OrsiniNikephoros II Orsini - Doukas , was the ruler of Epirus from 1335 to 1338 and from 1356 until his death in 1359.-Life:...
, ruler of Epirus 1335-1338 and 1356-1359 - Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor 963-969
- Nikephoros III Botaneiates Botaniates, Byzantine emperor 1078-1081
Other
- Nikephoros I of Constantinople, Byzantine writer and patriarch, 758-828, author of the Stichometry and other works
- Nikephoros (Caesar)Nikephoros (Caesar)Nikephoros , also Latinized as Nicephorus or Nicephoros, was the second son of the Byzantine emperor Constantine V and Caesar of the Byzantine Empire. He was engaged in a plot against his half-brother, Leo IV Nikephoros , also Latinized as Nicephorus or Nicephoros, was the second son of the...
(ca. 755 – after 812), half-brother of Leo IV and Caesar, involved in several conspiracies - Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Greek ecclesiastical historian, c. 1320 AD
- Nicephorus of Antioch, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, 1084 - 1090
- Patriarch Nicephorus of AlexandriaPatriarch Nicephorus of Alexandria-References:...
, Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 1639 and 1645 - Nicephorus of Mount Athos (1300) HesychastHesychasmHesychasm is an eremitic tradition of prayer in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and some of the Eastern Catholic Churches, such as the Byzantine Rite, practised by the Hesychast Hesychasm is an eremitic tradition of prayer in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and some of the Eastern Catholic Churches,...
monk who first wrote out the sitting posture of staring at the heart or navel during the Hesychast prayer - Nikephoros or NikephoritzesNikephoritzesNikephoritzes was an influential Byzantine eunuch official, who served as chief minister and virtual ruler of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Emperor Michael VII Doukas . His actual name was Nikephoros; he received the nickname "Nikephoritzes" as a result of his relative youth when he...
(died 1078), eunuch chief minister of Michael VII Doukas - Nikephoros Bryennios (ethnarch)Nikephoros Bryennios (ethnarch)Nikephoros Bryennios , Latinized as Nicephorus Bryennius, was an important Byzantine general who was involved in rebellions against the empress Theodora and later the emperor Michael VI Stratiotikos.- Career :...
, father of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder - Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, Byzantine general who made an attempt on the throne of Michael VII Doukas in 1077–1078
- Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, son of the preceding, Byzantine general, statesman and historian, 1062–1137
- Nikephoros ChoumnosNikephoros ChoumnosNikephoros Choumnos was a Byzantine scholar and official of the early Palaiologan period, one of the most important figures in the flowering of arts and letters of the so-called "Palaiologan Renaissance"...
(ca. 1250–1327), Byzantine chief minister and scholar - Nikephoros DiogenesNikephoros DiogenesNikephoros Diogenes , latinized as Nicephorus Diogenes, was the son of Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes and Eudokia Makrembolitissa. Crowned co-emperor during his father's reign, he later served as a general during the reign of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, scoring successes in the Byzantine...
general and son to Byzantine emperor Romanos IV Diogenes. Was blinded in 1094 by Alexios I KomnenosAlexios I KomnenosAlexios I Komnenos, Latinized as Alexius I Comnenus , was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118, and although he was not the founder of the Komnenian dynasty, it was during his reign that the Komnenos family came to full power. The title 'Nobilissimus' was given to senior army commanders,... - Nicephorus GregorasNicephorus GregorasNikephoros Gregoras, latinized as Nicephorus Gregoras , Byzantine astronomer, historian, man of learning and religious controversialist, was born at Heraclea Pontica....
, Byzantine historian, c. 1295–1360 - Nikephoros MelissenosNikephoros MelissenosNikephoros Melissenos , latinized as Nicephorus Melissenus, was a Byzantine general and aristocrat. Of distinguished lineage, he served as a governor and general in the Balkans and Asia Minor in the 1060s. In the turbulent period after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, several generals tried to...
(c. 1045–1104), Byzantine general, self-proclaimed emperor and Caesar - Nikephoros OuranosNikephoros OuranosNikephoros Ouranos was a high-ranking Byzantine official and general during the reign of Emperor Basil II. One of the emperor's closest associates, he was active in Europe in the wars against the Bulgarians, scoring a major victory at Spercheios, and against the Arabs in Syria, where he held...
, Byzantine general, chief aide to the emperor Basil IIBasil IIBasil II , known in his time as Basil the Porphyrogenitus and Basil the Young to distinguish him from his ancestor Basil I the Macedonian, was a Byzantine emperor from the Macedonian dynasty who reigned from 10 January 976 to 15 December 1025.The first part of his long reign was dominated...
, viceroy in the East from 999 to circa 1010 - Nikephoros Phokas the ElderNikephoros Phokas the ElderNikephoros Phokas the Elder was one of the great generals in the service of the Eastern Roman Emperor Basil I.Descended from the Phokas family, one of the large land-holding families of Anatolia, Nikephoros Phokas rose to the positions of patrikios and domestikos ton scholon. He succeeded in...
, Byzantine general, grandfather of emperor Nikephoros II - Nikephoros TheotokisNikephoros TheotokisNikephoros Theotokis or Nikiforos Theotokis was a Greek scholar and theologian, who became an archbishop in the southern provinces of the Russian Empire...
(1731–1800), Greek scholar who became an archbishop in Russia - Nikephoros Xiphias, Byzantine general, also aide to the emperor Basil IIBasil IIBasil II , known in his time as Basil the Porphyrogenitus and Basil the Young to distinguish him from his ancestor Basil I the Macedonian, was a Byzantine emperor from the Macedonian dynasty who reigned from 10 January 976 to 15 December 1025.The first part of his long reign was dominated...
- Nikiforos VrettakosNikiforos Vrettakos-Biography:Nikephoros Vrettakos was born in the village of Kokees, near Sparta, but originated from Mani and published his first collection of poems, Under Shadows and Lights, in 1929, at the age of seventeen. That same year he moved to Athens to attend university, but left after a year to take a...
(1912–1991), Greek writer
Place names
- NikiforosNikiforosNikiforos is a village and a former municipality in the Drama peripheral unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Paranesti, of which it is a municipal unit. The 2001 census reported a population of 4,279 inhabitants in the...
, a municipality in Drama Prefecture, Greece - Nikiforos FokasNikiforos FokasNikiforos Fokas is a former municipality in the Rethymno peripheral unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rethymno, of which it is a municipal unit. It was named after the 10th century Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas, who retook the...
, a municipality in Rethymno Prefecture, Greece
See also
- MV Nikiforos, a cargo ship
- Nikifor (disambiguation)Nikifor (disambiguation)Nikifor is a Slavic personal name derived from the Greek name Nikiforos, "Bringer of Victory".*Belarusian: Nichypar, Nikifar*Russian: Nikifor*Ukrainian: NychypirThe name may refer to:* Nikifor, a Polish painter...