Nicetas () was an 11th-century Greek clergyman. A deacon of St. Sophia,
Constantinople
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, he was a nephew of the bishop of
Serres or Serrae in
Macedonia
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. Eventually he became
Metropolitan of
Heraclea (Pontus), at the end of the eleventh century. He was a prolific writer.
He is sometimes confused with
Nicetas Paphlagon.
Works
He compiled
catenas on
Matthew, Luke and John.
[A. Di Berardino, ''Patrology'', tr. Adrian Walford, (2006) p. 646]
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References
Biblical exegesis
11th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops
11th-century Byzantine writers
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