Nicetas I of Constantinople explained

Patriarch Of:	Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Enthroned:	766
Ended:	780
Religion:	Chalcedonian Christianity

Nicetas I (or Niketas; Greek: Νικήτας; died 7 February 780) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople^[1] from 766 to 780. He was of Slavic ancestry^[2] and he was a eunuch.^[3]

He was chosen by the Emperor Constantine V as a successor of the Patriarch Constantine II of Constantinople. However, Nicetas was quite unpopular in Constantinople because he was a supporter of iconoclasm. After his death in 780, Nicetas was declared a heretic. He was succeeded by Paul IV of Constantinople.

Notes and References

1. Walter de Gruyter (2008). Biographical Index of the Middle Ages. P. 804.
2. Book: Dvorník, František. Byzantské misie u Slovanů. Francis Dvornik. 1970. Vyšehrad. Praha. 61. 2010-04-18. cs.
3. George Crabb (1833). Universal Historical Dictionary: Or, Explanation of the Names of Persons and Places in the Departments of Biblical, Political, and Ecclesiastical History, Mythology, Heraldry, Biography, Bibliography, Geography, and Numismatics.