Nicephorus

Nicephorus, Nikephoros, or Nikiforos (Greek: Νικηφόρος) 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.

See also

• Nikifor (given name)