Nicetas I of Constantinople
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Nicetas I of Constantinople (or Niketas; Greek: Νικήτας; died 6 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 I was quite unpopular in Constantinople because he was a supporter of iconoclasm.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". After his death in 780, Nicetas I was declared a heretic. He was succeeded by Paul IV of Constantinople.
Notes and references
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- ↑ Walter de Gruyter (2008), Biographical Index of the Middle Ages, p. 804.
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- ↑ 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.
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