Nicetas I of Constantinople

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.

  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.