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Nicetas I of Constantinople

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Nicetas I of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Installed766
Term ended780
Personal details
DenominationChalcedonian Christianity

Nicetas I (or Niketas; Greek: Νικήτας; died 7 February 780) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople[1] from 766 to 780. He was of Slavic ancestry[2] and he was a eunuch.[3]

He was chosen by the Emperor Constantine V as a successor of the Patriarch Constantine II of Constantinople. However, Nicetas was quite unpopular in Constantinople because he was a supporter of iconoclasm.[citation needed] After his death in 780, Nicetas was declared a heretic. He was succeeded by Paul IV of Constantinople.

References

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  1. ^ Walter de Gruyter (2008). Biographical Index of the Middle Ages. P. 804.
  2. ^ Dvorník, František (1970). Byzantské misie u Slovanů (in Czech). Praha: Vyšehrad. p. 61. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  3. ^ George Crabb (1833). Universal Historical Dictionary: Or, Explanation of the Names of Persons and Places in the Departments of Biblical, Political, and Ecclesiastical History, Mythology, Heraldry, Biography, Bibliography, Geography, and Numismatics.
Titles of Chalcedonian Christianity
Preceded by Patriarch of Constantinople
766–780
Succeeded by