Nikephoros (name)
Nikephoros or Νικηφόρος, Greek : The usual victory , from νίκη (nike) "victory" and φορέω (phoreo) "to win, carry away", also Nikiforos, Latin form: Nikephorus or Nicephorus, is a male given name.
Nikephoros is the name of the following people:
Ruler
Nikephorus I.
- Nikephorus I (Patriarch) (probably 757 / 58–828), Byzantine historian and Patriarch of Constantinople
- Nikephorus I (around 760–811), Byzantine emperor
- Nikephorus I (Jerusalem) , Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
- Nikephorus I. Komnenos Dukas Angelos (around 1240 – around 1297), despot of Epirus
Nikephorus II.
- Nikephorus II. Phocas (912–969), Byzantine emperor
- Nikephorus II. Orsini († 1359), titular Count Palatine of Kephalonia and ruler (despot) of Epirus
Nikephorus III.
- Nikephorus III. Botaneiates, Byzantine Emperor
Caesars, regents, co-emperors
- Nikephorus , fellow Byzantine emperor, son of Artabasdos
- Nikephorus , Byzantine Caesar and pretender to the throne, son of Constantine V.
- Nikephoros Diogenes , Byzantine prince and co-emperor under Romanos IV, Dux of Crete and pretender to the throne against Alexios I.
- Nikephoros Melissenos († 1104), Byzantine general, anti-emperor and emperor under Alexios I.
- Nikephoros Proteuon , Byzantine governor of Bulgaria, brief heir to the throne of Emperor Constantine IX.
- Nikephoros Synadenos , nephew and brief heir to the throne of the Byzantine emperor Nikephorus III.
- Nikephoros Bryennios , Byzantine ethnarch and rebel against Emperor Michael VI.
Usurpers
- Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder , Byzantine general and usurper against Emperor Michael VII.
- Nikephorus Basilakes , Byzantine general and usurper against Emperor Nikephorus III.
- Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos († 1022), Byzantine patrician and usurper
Military personnel
- Nikephoros Ouranos , Byzantine military
- Nikephoros Komnenos , Byzantine general and rebel against Emperor Constantine VIII.
- Nikephoros Bryennios († 1136), Byzantine military, politician and historian
- Nikephorus Xiphias , Byzantine general and rebel against Emperor Basil II.
Scholars
- Nikephoros Blemmydes , Greek monk, medic and educator
- Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopulos , Greek church historian
- Nikephoros Gregoras (* approx. 1295, † 1360), Byzantine historian, theologian, writer and astronomer
- Nikiforos Diamandouros , Greek sociologist and historian
- Nikiforos Vrettakos , Greek writer
painter
- Nikiforos Lytras , Greek painter
cleric
- Nikephorus I (Patriarch) († 828), Patriarch of Constantinople, historian
- Nikephorus I (Jerusalem) , Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (1020)
- Nikephorus II (Patriarch) Patriarch of Constantinople (1260–1261)
- Nikephoros (Protosynkellos) (around 1596), Protosynkellos of the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople
- Nikephoros Tur († after 1599), Orthodox Archimandrite of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (1593-1599)
- Nikephorus of Alexandria , Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria (1639–1645)
- Nikephoros (Cyprus) , Archbishop of Cyprus
- Nikephorus of Miletus , Bishop of Miletus
- Nikiforos (Bishop) (1931–2009), Bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church
Saints
- Nikephoros Cantacuzenos , Ukrainian saint
- Nicephorus of Antioch , martyr and Orthodox saint
family name
- Clemens Nikephorus , co-founder of the Sokolnitzki monastery
- Hermann Nicephorus († 1625), baroque philosopher