Nicephorus Explained

Nicephorus, Nikephoros, or Nikiforos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Νικηφόρος|link=no) is a Greek male name, meaning "Bringer of Victory", which was commonly used among the Byzantine Empire's aristocracy. It may refer to:

People

Rulers

Nikephoros I Logothetes, Byzantine emperor 802–811
Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor 963–969
Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Byzantine emperor 1078–1081
Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, despot of Epirus 1267–1297
Nikephoros II Orsini, ruler of Epirus 1335–1338 and 1356–1359

Ecclesiastical leaders

Nicephorus I of Constantinople, Byzantine writer and patriarch, 758–828, author of the Stichometry and other works
Nicephorus II of Constantinople, patriarch in exile at Nicaea
Nicephorus of Antioch, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, 1084–1090
Patriarch Nicephorus of Alexandria, Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 1639 and 1645
Nikiforos of Didymoteicho, Metropolitan of Didymoteicho in 1988–2009

Others

Nikephoros (Caesar) (c. 755 – after 812), half-brother of Leo IV, involved in several conspiracies
Nikephoros Nikephoritzes (died 1078), eunuch chief minister of Michael VII Doukas
Nikephoros Basilakes, Byzantine usurper against Nikephoros III in 1078/1079
Nikephoros Bryennios (ethnarch), father of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder
Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, Byzantine general who made an attempt on the throne of Michael VII Doukas in 1077–1078
Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, son of the preceding, Byzantine general, statesman and historian, 1062–1137
Nikephoros Choumnos (c. 1250–1327), Byzantine chief minister and scholar
Nikephoros Diogenes general and son to Byzantine emperor Romanos IV Diogenes
Nicephorus Gregoras, Byzantine historian, c. 1295–1360
Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Greek ecclesiastical historian, c. 1320
Nikephoros Komnenos (c. 970 – after 1026/7), Byzantine commander and governor
Nikephoros Melissenos (c. 1045–1104), Byzantine general, self-proclaimed emperor and Caesar
Nikephoros Ouranos, Byzantine general, chief aide to the emperor Basil II, viceroy in the East from 999 to c. 1010
Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, Byzantine general, grandfather of emperor Nikephoros II
Nikephoros the Monk, 13th-century monk and spiritual writer
Nikephoros Theotokis (1731–1800), Greek scholar who became an archbishop in Russia
Nikephoros Xiphias, Byzantine general, also aide to the emperor Basil II
Nikiforos Diamandouros (born 1942), Greek and EU ombudsman
Nikiforos Lytras (1832–1904), Greek painter
Nikiforos Vrettakos (1912–1991), Greek writer
Nikiforos (Greek singer)

Other uses

Athena Nikephoros, the Goddess Athena of Victory
Nikiforos, a municipal unit in Drama regional unit, Greece
Nikiforos Fokas, a municipal unit in Rethymno regional unit, Greece
MV Nikiforos, a cargo ship
Nikiforos–Toxotis, a regular military exercise by the Cypriot and Greek militaries
Nicephorus (fly), a genus of fly.