Saint Nicetas of Medikion
Abbot of the Medikion monastery in the 9th century, Nicetas was a heroic defender of the veneration of images against the iconoclast heresy. After end…
First name and chronology
Nicetas
2 saints and blesseds bear the name Nicetas, between 790 and 1100; the most famous is Saint Nicetas, celebrated on April 3rd.
Chronology of the name Nicetas
Dated figures are ordered from earliest to latest.
- 790-824Saint Nicetas of MedikionAbbot of the Medikion monastery in the 9th century, Nicetas was a heroic defender of the veneration of images against th…
- 1098-1100Saint Nicholas the Pilgrim (Nicetas)A young Greek from Attica, Nicholas spent his life repeating the prayer 'Kyrie eleison'. After a life of hermitage and w…