Nicephorus
Nicephorus, Nikephoros, or Nikiforos is a Greek male name, meaning "Bringer of Victory", which was commonly used among the Byzantine Empire's aristocracy. It may refer to:
People
- Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus 1267-1297
- Nikephoros I Logothetes, Byzantine emperor 802-811
- Nikephoros II Orsini, ruler of Epirus 1335-1338 and 1356-1359
- Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor 963-969
- Nikephoros III Botaneiates Botaniates, Byzantine emperor 1078-1081
- Nikephoros I of Constantinople, Byzantine writer and patriarch, 758-828, author of the Stichometry and other works
- Nikephoros (Caesar) (ca. 755 – after 812), half-brother of Leo IV and Caesar, involved in several conspiracies
- Nicephorus of Antioch, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, 1084 - 1090
- Patriarch Nicephorus of Alexandria, Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 1639 and 1645
- Nikephoritzes or Nikephoros (died 1078), eunuch chief minister of Michael VII Doukas
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
People with the given name
- Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Greek ecclesiastical historian, c. 1320 AD
- 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 (ca. 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 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 circa 1010
- Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, Byzantine general, grandfather of emperor Nikephoros II
- Nikephoros Theotokis (1731–1800), Greek scholar who became an archbishop in Russia
- Nikephoros Xiphias, Byzantine general, also aide to the emperor Basil II
- Nikiforos Vrettakos (1912–1991), Greek writer
- Nikiphoros the Monk, 13th-century monk and spiritual writer
See also
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