Nicetas or Niketas () is a Greek given name, meaning "victorious one" (from

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"). The veneration of martyr saint

Nicetas the Goth Nicetas ( Russ. Никита ''Nikita'', Ukrain. Микита, from Greek Νικήτας '' Niketas'') is a Christian martyr of the 4th century, venerated particularly in the Russian Orthodox Church. His feastday is 15 September.Butler's Lives o ...

in the medieval period gave rise to the Slavic forms: ''

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Mykyta Mykyta ( uk, Мики́та ) is a Ukrainian given name, cognate of Belarusian ''Mikita'' and Russian ''Nikita'', all originally borrowed from Greek ''Nicetas''. Notable persons with the name Mykyta include: * Mykyta Burda (born 1995), Ukrainian ...

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Mikita Mikita is a Belarusian given name, cognate of Ukrainian Mykyta and Russian ''Nikita'', all originally borrowed from Greek '' Nicetas''. People with the given name * Mikita Brottman (born 1966), British scholar, psychoanalyst, author and cult ...

People with the name Nicetas

Nicetas of Syracuse Hicetas ( grc, Ἱκέτας or ; c. 400 – c. 335 BC) was a Greek philosopher of the Pythagorean School. He was born in Syracuse. Like his fellow Pythagorean Ecphantus and the Academic Heraclides Ponticus, he believed that the daily move ...

, ( 400 – 335 BC), Greek philosopher *

Nicetas of Smyrna Nicetas or Niketas () is a Greek given name, meaning "victorious one" (from Nike "victory"). The veneration of martyr saint Nicetas the Goth in the medieval period gave rise to the Slavic forms: ''Nikita, Mykyta and Mikita'' People with the name N ...

, late 1st-century Greek sophist and rhetorician, see

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Nicetas of Remesiana Nicetas (c. 335–414) was Bishop of Remesiana (present-day Bela Palanka, Serbia), which was then in the Roman province of Dacia Mediterranea. Biography Nicetas promoted Latin sacred music for use during the Eucharistic worship and reputedly co ...

, 4th-century bishop of the Dacians, now the patron saint of Romania *

, 4th-century martyr * Nicetas (Bishop of Aquileia), mid-5th-century archbishop of Aquileia *

Nicetas (cousin of Heraclius) Nicetas or Niketas ( el, Νικήτας) was the cousin of Emperor Heraclius. He played a major role in the revolt against Phocas that brought Heraclius to the throne, where he captured Egypt for his cousin. Nicetas remained governor of Egypt (or a ...

, early 7th-century Byzantine general *

Niketas the Persian Niketas was a 7th-century Byzantine Empire, Byzantine officer. He was the son and heir of the Sassanid Persian general and briefly ''shahanshah'', Shahrbaraz. Biography Niketas was the son of Shahrbaraz, a famous Persian people, Persian general w ...

, 7th-century Byzantine officer *

Niketas (son of Artabasdos) Niketas ( el, Νικήτας) was the eldest son of the Byzantine general and usurper Artabasdos (r. 741–743). He served as a general during his father's usurpation against Emperor Constantine V (r. 741–775). Biography Niketas was the eldest so ...

, mid-8th-century Byzantine general * Nicetas of Medikion (Nicetas the Confessor, 783 – 824), Byzantine monk and hegumenos *

Nicetas the Patrician Saint Nicetas the Patrician ( gr, Νικήτας Πατρίκιος, Niketas Patrikios; 761/62 – 6 October 836) was a Byzantine monk and a fervent opponent of Byzantine Iconoclasm. He is usually identified with Nicetas Monomachos (Νικήτας ...

(Nicetas Monomachos, 761 – 836), Byzantine eunuch official and monk, opponent of Iconoclasm *

Niketas Byzantios Nicetas or Niketas () is a Greek given name, meaning "victorious one" (from Nike "victory"). The veneration of martyr saint Nicetas the Goth in the medieval period gave rise to the Slavic forms: ''Nikita, Mykyta and Mikita'' People with the name N ...

, ninth century, Byzantine theologian, school of Photius, wrote on Islam *

Niketas Ooryphas Niketas Oryphas or Oöryphas ( el, or , fl. 860–873). was a distinguished Byzantine official, ''patrikios'',. and admiral under the Byzantine emperors Michael III (r. 842–867) and Basil I the Macedonian (r. 867–886), who achieved several ...

( 860 – 873), Byzantine official, patrician and admiral *

Niketas (son of Ioube) Niketas ( el, Νικήτας), the son of Ioube, was a Byzantine officer of Arab origin who served as the governor (''strategos'') of the Cibyrrhaeot Theme in ca. 912. Niketas is only mentioned by the ''De Administrando Imperio'', a work compiled ...

( 912), Byzantine general and governor *

Nicetas of Heraclea Nicetas () was an 11th-century Greek clergyman. A deacon of St. Sophia, Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), ...

, 11th-century Greek catenist *

Nicetas Eugenianus Nicetas or Niketas () is a Greek given name, meaning "victorious one" (from Nike (mythology), Nike "victory"). The veneration of martyr saint Nicetas the Goth in the medieval period gave rise to the Slavic forms: ''Nikita (given name), Nikita, Myky ...

, Byzantine Greek author of ''Drosilla'' and ''Charicles'', see

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Nicetas of Novgorod Nicetas or Niketas () is a Greek given name, meaning "victorious one" (from Nike "victory"). The veneration of martyr saint Nicetas the Goth in the medieval period gave rise to the Slavic forms: ''Nikita, Mykyta and Mikita'' People with the name N ...

( 1095 – 1108), saint and Bishop of Novgorod *

Nicetas of Nicomedia Nicetas was a twelfth-century Archbishop of Nicomedia. He is noted for having said that the Church of Rome "has separated herself from us by her own deeds when through pride she assumed a monarchy which does not belong to her office." He also part ...

, 12th-century archbishop *

Nicetas of Chonae Nicetas of Chonae was a 12th-century bishop of the city of Chonae in Phrygia In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; grc, Φρυγία, ''Phrygía'' ) was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on t ...

, 12th-century bishop in Byzantine Anatolia *

Nicetas (Bogomil bishop) Nicetas, known only from Latin sources who call him ''papa'' Nicetas, is said to have been the Bogomil bishop of Constantinople. In the 1160s he went to Lombardy. His purpose was apparently to reinforce the dualist beliefs of the Cathars of these re ...

(''papa Nicetas''), 12th-century bishop of Constantinople *

Niketas Choniates Niketas or Nicetas Choniates ( el, Νικήτας Χωνιάτης; c. 1155 – 1217), whose actual surname was Akominatos (Ἀκομινάτος), was a Byzantine Greek government official and historian – like his brother Michael Akominatos, wh ...

( 1155 – c. 1215), Byzantine historian *

Niketas Scholares Niketas Scholares ( el, Νικήτας Σχολάρης, fl. 1341–1361), was a Byzantine Greek aristocrat and one of the leading officials of the Empire of Trebizond, eventually becoming '' megas doux''. Niketas was a leader of the ''Scholarioi'' ...

( 1341 – 1361), Byzantine Greek military leader *

Nicetas I of Constantinople Nicetas I (or Niketas; Greek: Νικήτας), (? – 7 February 780) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 766 to 780. He was of Slavic ancestry and he was a eunuch. He was chosen by the Emperor Constantine V as a successor of t ...

( 766 – 780), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople *

Nicetas II of Constantinople Nicetas II Mountanes ( el, Νικήτας Β΄ Μουντάνης), (? – after 1189) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from February 1186 to February 1189. He was appointed by the Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelos Isaac II Angelo ...

( 1186 – 1189), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople *

Niketas Stethatos Niketas Stethatos ( el, , la, Nicetas Pectoratus; c. 1005 – c. 1090) was a Byzantine mystic and theologian who is considered a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church. He was a follower of Symeon the New Theologian and wrote the most complete biog ...

(Nicetas Pectoratus, 1005 – c. 1090), Byzantine mystic and theologian * Nicetas of Naupactus, see Minuscule 886 * ''Nikon Nizetas'', cover name of WW1 spy

Alfred Redl Alfred Redl (14 March 1864 – 25 May 1913) was an Austrian military officer who rose to head the '' Evidenzbureau'', the counterintelligence wing of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army. Redl was one of the leading figures of pre-Wor ...

People with the name Nicetas

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