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|SaintName=Saint Nicephorus of Constantinople | |SaintName=Saint Nicephorus of Constantinople | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=March 02 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey) | |SaintBirthPlace=Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey) | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=41.0082, 28.9784 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=41.0082, 28.9784 | ||
|DeathPlace=Prokonnesos, Sea of Marmara, Byzantine Empire (now Marmara Island, Turkey) | |DeathPlace=Prokonnesos, Sea of Marmara, Byzantine Empire (now Marmara Island, Turkey) | ||
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| | |AssociatedCountries=Greece; Turkey | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|Canonizer=Early Church | |Canonizer=Early Church | ||
|Profession=Lay syncellus; patriarch | |Profession=Lay syncellus; patriarch | ||
|Patronage=Iconographers; laypeople; against heresy | |Patronage=Iconographers; laypeople; against heresy | ||
|Attributes=Book; icons; patriarchal staff | |Attributes=Book; icons; patriarchal staff | ||
|PrimaryShrine=Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey | |PrimaryShrine=Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | |AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | ||
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'''Saint Nicephorus of Constantinople''' (Greek: ''Νικηφόρος ὁ ὁμολογητής''; c. 758 – 2 March 828) was a 9th-century Byzantine lay theologian and patriarch of Constantinople who vigorously opposed Iconoclasm, authoring key defenses of icons during the Second Iconoclastic Controversy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saint Nicephorus of Constantinople |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/02/28/100751-saint-nicephorus-patriarch-of-constantinople |website=Orthodox Church in America |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> According to contemporary accounts by his disciple Theodore the Studite and the ''Life of Saint Nicephorus'', born in Constantinople to a devout family, Nicephorus served as lay syncellus (chief secretary) to Patriarch Tarasius during the Second Council of Nicaea (787 AD), which restored icon veneration.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Nicephorus I |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11037a.htm |website=New Advent |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> Appointed patriarch in 806 by Emperor Nicephorus I, he faced renewed iconoclasm under Leo V the Armenian (815 AD), refusing to condemn icons and suffering exile to Prokonnesos until his death in 828, his writings like ''Antirrhetici'' and ''Apologeticus'' becoming foundational for Orthodox iconology.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicephorus I of Constantinople |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicephorus_I_of_Constantinople |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> | '''Saint Nicephorus of Constantinople''' (Greek: ''Νικηφόρος ὁ ὁμολογητής''; c. 758 – 2 March 828) was a 9th-century Byzantine lay theologian and patriarch of Constantinople who vigorously opposed Iconoclasm, authoring key defenses of icons during the Second Iconoclastic Controversy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saint Nicephorus of Constantinople |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/02/28/100751-saint-nicephorus-patriarch-of-constantinople |website=Orthodox Church in America |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> According to contemporary accounts by his disciple Theodore the Studite and the ''Life of Saint Nicephorus'', born in Constantinople to a devout family, Nicephorus served as lay syncellus (chief secretary) to Patriarch Tarasius during the Second Council of Nicaea (787 AD), which restored icon veneration.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Nicephorus I |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11037a.htm |website=New Advent |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> Appointed patriarch in 806 by Emperor Nicephorus I, he faced renewed iconoclasm under Leo V the Armenian (815 AD), refusing to condemn icons and suffering exile to Prokonnesos until his death in 828, his writings like ''Antirrhetici'' and ''Apologeticus'' becoming foundational for Orthodox iconology.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicephorus I of Constantinople |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicephorus_I_of_Constantinople |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> | ||