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221:), where he entered the service of the imperial court. According to the same source, Nicetas distinguished himself among the court eunuchs and came to the attention of Empress-mother Irene, who handled the Empire's affairs as regent after 780. Irene promoted him because of his ability and because of their ties of kinship. In 787, Nicetas is even said to have represented the Empress at the
418:), but in the early reign of Michael's son and successor Theophilos, the persecution of iconophiles intensified, and monks in particular became the targets of the emperor's iconoclast zeal. Despite his probable family connection to Theophilos' empress, Nicetas was ordered to accept communion with the iconoclast patriarch,
453:, but was written by an anonymous monk of the Monastery of the Archangels (Μονή Ασωμάτων) at Katesia, founded by Nicetas, sometime shortly after Nicetas' death. The account was based on the notes of Nicetas' namesake nephew and disciple, who succeeded him as the monastery's abbot.
404:). Refusing to acknowledge the Emperor's iconoclast policies, Nicetas left the capital for one of its suburbs. He was accused at one point of sheltering an icon, but he suffered no punishment except for the confiscation of the image and his confinement to house arrest.
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to evade harassment from iconoclast officials, before finally settling in the villages of
Zouloupas and then Katesia, where he died on 6 October 836. According to the sources, Nicetas specialized in "healing men tormented by sexual desires" (K. Ringrose).
422:, or face exile. Nicetas chose the latter, and with a handful of disciples and other like-minded monks he fled to Bithynia. He spent the next few years moving from locality to locality around the coast of the
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Nicetas' activities in the decade after the deposition of Irene in 802. According to his hagiography, he wanted to retire to a monastery, but was prohibited from doing so by Emperor
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in 761/62, and his parents were probably named
Gregory and Anna. Later tradition held that he was a descendant of
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and built a church in Sicily to house the holy relic. Nicetas' tenure as governor of Sicily is therefore placed
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834:. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. p. 1398.
871:; Ludwig, Claudia; Pratsch, Thomas; Zielke, Beate (2013).
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228:Shortly after, he was promoted to the rank of
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853:(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
824:Kazhdan, Alexander (1991). "Monomachos". In
811:(in Greek). Foundation of the Hellenic World
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877:(in German). Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter.
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