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Nicetas of Medikion
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Saint Nicetas of Medikion (Greek: Νικήτας Μηδικίου) or Nicetas the Confessor (Νικήτας ο ομολογητής),[1] who is commemorated on 3 April,[2] was a monk who opposed Byzantine Iconoclasm.
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Niketas of Medikion | |
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![]() Miniature from the Menologion of Basil II | |
Confessor, Wonderworker and Venerable Abbot | |
Born | Bithynian Caesarea |
Died | 824 Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Feast | April 3 |
Controversy | Iconodulism |
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