Nicephorus, Nikephoros, or Nikiforos ( el, 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
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Nikephoros I Logothetes, Byzantine emperor 802–811
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Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor 963–969
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Nikephoros III Botaneiates Botaniates, Byzantine emperor 1078–1081
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Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus 1267–1297
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Nikephoros II Orsini, ruler of Epirus 1335–1338 and 1356–1359
Ecclesiastical leaders
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Nikephoros I of Constantinople, Byzantine writer and patriarch, 758–828, author of the ''Stichometry'' and other works
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Nicephorus of Antioch Nicephorus, Nikephoros, or Nikiforos ( el, 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
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Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, 1084–1090
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Patriarch Nicephorus of Alexandria
Nicephorus served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 1639 and 1645.
References
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17th-century Greek Patriarchs of Alexandria
17th-century people from the Ottoman Empire
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, Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 1639 and 1645
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Nikiforos of Didymoteicho, Metropolitan of Didymoteicho in 1988–2009
Others
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Nikephoros (Caesar) (c. 755 – after 812), half-brother of Leo IV, involved in several conspiracies
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Nikephoritzes or Nikephoros (died 1078), eunuch chief minister of Michael VII Doukas
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Nikephoros Bryennios (ethnarch)
Nikephoros Bryennios ( el, Νικηφόρος Βρυέννιος), Latinized as Nicephorus Bryennius, was an important Byzantine general who was involved in rebellions against the empress Theodora and later the emperor Michael VI Stratiotikos.
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, father of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder
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Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, Byzantine general who made an attempt on the throne of Michael VII Doukas in 1077–1078
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Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, son of the preceding, Byzantine general, statesman and historian, 1062–1137
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Nikephoros Choumnos
Nikephoros Choumnos ( el, , 1250/55 – 1327) was a Byzantine scholar and official of the early Palaiologan period, one of the most important figures in the flowering of arts and letters of the so-called " Palaiologan Renaissance". He is nota ...
(c. 1250–1327), Byzantine chief minister and scholar
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Nikephoros Diogenes general and son to Byzantine emperor Romanos IV Diogenes
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Nicephorus Gregoras, Byzantine historian, c. 1295–1360
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Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Greek ecclesiastical historian, c. 1320
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Nikephoros Komnenos (c. 970 – after 1026/7), Byzantine commander and governor
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Nikephoros Melissenos (c. 1045–1104), Byzantine general, self-proclaimed emperor and Caesar
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Nikephoros Ouranos, Byzantine general, chief aide to the emperor Basil II, viceroy in the East from 999 to c. 1010
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Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, Byzantine general, grandfather of emperor Nikephoros II
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Nikephoros the Monk, 13th-century monk and spiritual writer
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Nikephoros Theotokis (1731–1800), Greek scholar who became an archbishop in Russia
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Nikephoros Xiphias, Byzantine general, also aide to the emperor Basil II
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Nikiforos Diamandouros (born 1942), Greek and EU ombudsman
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Nikiforos Lytras (1832–1904), Greek painter
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Nikiforos Vrettakos (1912–1991), Greek writer
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Nikiforos, Greek singer
* Nikephoros Pastilas, a Byzantine general of the
Thracesian Theme
Other uses
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Athena Nikephoros
Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretism, syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarded ...
, the Goddess Athena of Victory
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Nikiforos, a municipal unit in Drama regional unit, Greece
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Nikiforos Fokas, a municipal unit in Rethymno regional unit, Greece
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MV ''Nikiforos'', a cargo ship
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Nikiforos–Toxotis, a regular military exercise by the Cypriot and Greek militaries
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Nicephorus (fly)
''Nicephorus'' is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae. There is one described species in ''Nicephorus'', ''N. floridensis''.
Distribution
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the ...
, a
genus of fly.
See also
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Nikifor (given name) Nikifor is a Slavic personal name derived from the Greek name Nikiforos, "Bringer of Victory".
*Belarusian: Nichypar, Nikifar
*Russian: Nikifor
*Ukrainian: Nychypir, Nykyfor
*Romanian: Nichifor, Nechifor
The name may refer to:
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Greek masculine given names