Nicetas
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Nicetas or Niketas is the name of several people, including:
- Nicetas of RemesianaNicetas of RemesianaSaint Nicetas was Bishop of Remesiana, present-day Bela Palanka in the Pirot District of modern Serbia, but which was then in the Roman province of Dacia Mediterranea.-Biography:...
, 4th century bishop of the Dacians, now the patron saint of Romania - Nicetas the GothNicetas the GothNicetas is a Christian martyr of the 4th century, venerated above all in Russia. His feastday is 15 September....
(Nikita), 4th century martyr - Patriarch Nicetas I of ConstantinoplePatriarch Nicetas I of ConstantinopleNicetas I was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 766 to 780. He was of Slavic ancestry.- References :...
, 766 to 780 - Nicetas of ChalcedonNicetas of ChalcedonSaint Nicetas the Confessor, commemorated on 28 May, was the bishop of Chalcedon . References to St. Nicetas have been found in old manuscripts originating from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and in menaia from the Orthodox Patriarchates of Serbia and Russia.A church, first...
, bishop of Chalcedon, aka Nicetas the Confessor - Nicetas (cousin of Heraclius)Nicetas (cousin of Heraclius)Nicetas was the cousin of Emperor Heraclius, helping him the wars against Phocas and the Persians in the Byzantine-Sassanid War of 602–628. He helped Heraclius revolt against Phocas by conquering Egypt in 610. At Egypt, Nicetas established a power base because of his friendship with Patriarch John...
, cousin of emperor Heraclius and general in Egypt - Niketas (son of Artabasdos)Niketas (son of Artabasdos)Niketas was the eldest son of the Byzantine general and usurper Artabasdos . He served as a general during his father's usurpation against Constantine V .He was the eldest son of Artabasdos...
, eldest son of the usurper Artabasdos, Byzantine general - Niketas Ooryphas (fl. 860–873), Byzantine official, patrician and admiral
- Nicetas of HeracleaNicetas of HeracleaNicetas was an 11th century Greek clergyman. A deacon of St. Sophia, Constantinople, he was a nephew of the bishop Serres or Serrae in Macedonia. Eventually he became Metropolitan of Heraclea , at the end of the eleventh century...
, 11th century Greek catenist. - Nicetas Eugenianus, Byzantine Greek author of Drosilla and Charicles
- Nicetas of NovgorodNicetas of NovgorodNicetas was born in Kiev, Ukraine, he became a monk in the Monastery of the Caves, but then embraced the life of a hermit. According to custom, Nicetas was much plagued by demonic torments and returned to the monastery...
, saint and Bishop of Novgorod - Nicetas of NicomediaNicetas of NicomediaNicetas was a twelfth century Archbishop of Nicomedia. He is noted for having said that the Church of Rome "has separated herself from us by her own deeds when through pride she assumed a monarchy which does not belong to her office."...
, 12th century archbishop - Nicetas of ChonaeNicetas of ChonaeNicetas of Chonae was a 12th century bishop in Byzantine Anatolia....
, 12th century bishop in Byzantine Anatolia - Nicetas, Bogomil bishopp, 12th century, known in contemporary sources as papa Nicetas
- Niketas Choniates (c. 1155-1215/1216), Byzantine historian
- Niketas ScholaresNiketas ScholaresNiketas Scholares , was a Byzantine Greek aristocrat and military leader in the Empire of Trebizond.- Life :Nicetas was a leader of the Scholarioi faction in Trebizond. In 1341 Nicetas and his co-leader, Gregory, sent for Michael Megas Komnenos, who resided in the Byzantine capital Constantinople,...
, 14th century military leader who fought with John III of Trebizond - Nicetas I of Constantinople
- Nicetas II Mountanes of Constantinople
- Nicetas the Paphlagonian
- Niketas Stethatos or Nicetas Pectoratus, 11th century Eastern Orthodox saint who was an outspoken critic of the Latin West.