Nicetas or Nikitas or Niketas () is a Greek given name, meaning "victorious one" (from

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"). The veneration of martyr saint

Nicetas the Goth Nicetas () is a Christian martyr of the 4th century, venerated particularly in the Eastern Orthodox Church. His feastday is 15 September. Nicetas was of Gothic origin, living during the 4th century AD. His life spanned the years of Emperor Const ...

in the medieval period gave rise to the

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Nikita Nikita may refer to: * Nikita (given name), people with the given name, including variants * Nikita, Crimea, a town in Ukraine * Nikita the Tanner, a character in East Slavic folklore Film and television *''Little Nikita'', a 1988 film * ''La Femm ...

Mykyta Mykyta ( ) is a Ukrainian given name, cognate of Belarusian '' Mikita'' and Russian ''Nikita'', all originally borrowed from Greek '' Nicetas'' (). The name Mykyta can be literately translated as ''unconquerable'' or ''victory'', i.e., a man who h ...

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Mikita Mikita is a Belarusian given name, cognate of Ukrainian Mykyta and Russian ''Nikita'', all originally borrowed from Greek '' Nicetas''. People with the given name * Mikita Brottman (born 1966), British scholar, psychoanalyst, author and cultura ...

People with the name Nicetas

* Nicetes (''or'' Nicetas) of Smyrna, late 1st-century Greek sophist and rhetorician, see

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Nicetas of Remesiana Nicetas (c. 335–414) was Bishop of Remesiana (present-day Bela Palanka, Serbia), which was then in the Roman province of Dacia Mediterranea. Biography Nicetas promoted Latin sacred music for use during the Eucharistic worship and reputedly ...

, 4th-century bishop of the Dacians, now the patron saint of Romania *

, 4th-century martyr * Nicetas (Bishop of Aquileia), mid-5th-century archbishop of Aquileia *

Nicetas (cousin of Heraclius) Nicetas or Niketas () was the cousin of Emperor Heraclius. He played a major role in the revolt against Phocas that brought Heraclius to the throne, where he captured Egypt for his cousin. Nicetas remained governor of Egypt (or at least Alexandria ...

, early 7th-century Byzantine general *

Niketas the Persian Niketas was a 7th-century Byzantine officer. He was the son and heir of the Sasanian Persian general and briefly ''shahanshah'', Shahrbaraz. Biography Niketas was the son of Shahrbaraz, a famous Persian general who had led Sasanian armies in Syr ...

, 7th-century Byzantine officer *

Nicetas Scutariota Nicetas or Nikitas or Niketas () is a Greek given name, meaning "victorious one" (from Nike "victory"). The veneration of martyr saint Nicetas the Goth in the medieval period gave rise to the Slavic forms: ''Nikita, Mykyta and Mikita'' People wit ...

, a Byzantine writer from Scutari (modern

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) *

Niketas (son of Artabasdos) Niketas () was the eldest son of the Byzantine general and usurper Artabasdos (r. 741–743). He served as a general during his father's usurpation against Emperor Constantine V (r. 741–775). Biography Niketas was the eldest son of Artabasdos. H ...

, mid-8th-century Byzantine general * Nicetas of Medikion (Nicetas the Confessor, 783 – 824), Byzantine monk and hegumenos *

Nicetas the Patrician Saint Nicetas the Patrician (; 761/62 – 6 October 836) was a Byzantine monk and a fervent opponent of Byzantine Iconoclasm. He is usually identified with Nicetas Monomachos (), a eunuch official and general from Paphlagonia active at the turn o ...

(Nicetas Monomachos, 761 – 836), Byzantine eunuch official and monk, opponent of Iconoclasm * Niketas Byzantios, ninth century, Byzantine theologian, school of Photius, wrote on Islam *

Niketas Ooryphas Niketas Oryphas or Oöryphas ( or , fl. 860–873). was a distinguished Byzantine Empire, Byzantine official, ''patrikios'',. and admiral under the Byzantine emperors Michael III (r. 842–867) and Basil I the Macedonian (r. 867–886), who achie ...

( 860 – 873), Byzantine official, patrician and admiral *

Niketas (son of Ioube) Niketas (), the son of Ioube, was a Byzantine officer of Arab origin who served as the governor (''strategos'') of the Cibyrrhaeot Theme in ca. 912. Niketas is only mentioned by the ''De Administrando Imperio'', a work compiled in the middle of th ...

( 912), Byzantine general and governor *

Nicetas of Heraclea Nicetas () was an 11th-century Greek clergyman. A deacon of St. Sophia, Constantinople, he was a nephew of the bishop of Serres or Serrae in Macedonia Macedonia (, , , ), most commonly refers to: * North Macedonia, a country in southeastern ...

, 11th-century Greek catenist *

Nicetas Eugenianus Niketas Eugenianos (Νικήτας Εὐγενειανός; ''fl.'' 12th century) was a Byzantine rhetor and writer. His life is almost entirely unknown to us. The main sources are his own works. He was a pupil of Theodore Prodromos and a precept ...

, Byzantine Greek author of ''Drosilla'' and ''Charicles'', see

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Nicetas of Novgorod Nicetas () was born in Kiev Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 Janu ...

( 1095 – 1108), saint and Bishop of Novgorod *

Nicetas Serron Nicetas or Nikitas or Niketas () is a Greek given name, meaning "victorious one" (from Nike "victory"). The veneration of martyr saint Nicetas the Goth in the medieval period gave rise to the Slavic forms: '' Nikita, Mykyta and Mikita'' Peop ...

, archbishop of

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and afterwards of Heraclea, and writer. Around 11th century *

Nicetas of Nicomedia Nicetas was a twelfth-century Archbishop of Nicomedia. He is noted for having said that the Church of Rome "has separated herself from us by her own deeds when through pride she assumed a monarchy which does not belong to her office." He also part ...

, 12th-century archbishop *

Nicetas of Chonae Niketas or Nicetas Choniates (; – 1217), whose actual surname was Akominatos (), was a Byzantine Greek historian and politician. He accompanied his brother Michael Akominatos to Constantinople from their birthplace Chonae (from which came h ...

, 12th-century bishop in Byzantine Anatolia *

Nicetas Thessalonicensis Nicetas or Nikitas or Niketas () is a Greek given name, meaning "victorious one" (from Nike "victory"). The veneration of martyr saint Nicetas the Goth in the medieval period gave rise to the Slavic forms: '' Nikita, Mykyta and Mikita'' Peop ...

, archbishop of Thessalonica and writer, around 1200 *

Nicetas (Bogomil bishop) Nicetas, known only from Latin sources who call him ''papa'' Nicetas, is said to have been the Bogomil bishop of Constantinople. In the 1160s he went to Lombardy. His purpose was apparently to reinforce the dualist beliefs of the Cathars of these r ...

(''papa Nicetas''), 12th-century bishop of Constantinople *

Niketas Choniates Niketas or Nicetas Choniates (; – 1217), whose actual surname was Akominatos (), was a Byzantine Greek historian and politician. He accompanied his brother Michael Akominatos to Constantinople from their birthplace Chonae (from which came h ...

( 1155 – c. 1215), Byzantine historian *

Niketas Scholares Niketas Scholares (, fl. 1341–1361), was a Byzantine Greek aristocrat and one of the leading officials of the Empire of Trebizond, eventually becoming '' megas doux''. Niketas was a leader of the ''Scholarioi'' faction in Trebizond during the civi ...

( 1341 – 1361), Byzantine Greek military leader * Nicetas I of Constantinople ( 766 – 780), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople *

Nicetas II of Constantinople Nicetas II Mountanes ; died after 1189) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from February 1186 to February 1189. He was appointed by the Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelos Isaac II Angelos or Angelus (; September 1156 – 28 Janua ...

( 1186 – 1189), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople *

Niketas Stethatos Niketas Stethatos (, ; c. 1005 – c. 1090) was a Byzantine mystic and theologian who is considered a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church. He was a follower of Symeon the New Theologian and wrote the most complete biography of Symeon, ''Life of S ...

(Nicetas Pectoratus, 1005 – c. 1090), Byzantine mystic and theologian *

Nicetas of Naupactus Nicetas or Nikitas or Niketas () is a Greek given name, meaning "victorious one" (from Nike (mythology), Nike "victory"). The veneration of martyr saint Nicetas the Goth in the medieval period gave rise to the Slavic languages, Slavic forms: ''Nik ...

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People with the name Nicetas

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