Nikephoros I of Constantinople


Nikephoros of Constantinople
Nikephoros I of Constantinople trampling on John VII of Constantinople. Miniature from Chludov Psalter.
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Bornc. 758
Constantinople
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died(828-04-05)5 April 828
Constantinople
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast13 March, 2 June

Nikephoros I or Nicephorus I (Greek: Νικηφόρος; c. 758 – 5 April 828) was a Byzantine writer and patriarch of Constantinople from 12 April 806 to 13 March 815.[1][2]

  1. ^ St. Nicephorus. „Patriarch of Constantinople, 806-815, b. about 758; d. 2 June, 829.”
  2. ^ Paul J. Alexander, The Patriarch Nicephorus of Constantinople. Oxford University Press, 1958.