Niketas the Patrician | |
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 Icon of St. Nicetas the Patrician | |
| Confessor of the Faith | |
| Born | 761 or 762 |
| Died | 6 October 836 Katesia, Byzantine Empire |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Feast | 13 October |
| Attributes | Monastic Vestment |
Saint Nicetas the Patrician (Greek: Νικήτας Πατρίκιος, romanized: Niketas Patrikios; 761/62 – 6 October 836) was a Byzantine monk and a fervent opponent of Byzantine Iconoclasm. He is usually identified with Nicetas Monomachos (Νικήτας Μονομάχος), a eunuch official and general from Paphlagonia active at the turn of the 9th century.
He is honoured as a saint and a Confessor of the Faith by the Eastern Orthodox Church. His feast day is on 13 October.[1]