Nicetas of Medikion«Νικήτας Μηδικίου / Nicetas the Confessor / Νικήτας ο ομολογητής»

(† 824)

Abbot / ἡγούμενος (of Monastery of Saint Sergios of Medikion^†), Confessor, Wonderworker / Thaumaturgus / Θαυματουργός

Confessor of the Faith / Confessor fidei / Ομολογητής

Place of birth:Theme of the Optimatoi (Byzantine Empire)^††

Place of death:Theme of Thrace (Byzantine Empire)^†††

Feastday

3 April

^†Μονή Αγίου Σεργίου του Μηδικίου / Medikion monastery / Μονή Μηδικίου / Medikion manastırı / Monastery of the Holy Fathers / Μονή των Πατέρων [780–11th cent.]

^††θέμα Ὀπτιμάτων (Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία) [740s–1204 / 1240–15th cent.]

^†††θέμα Θρᾳκῷον (Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία) [c. 680–1204 / 1230s–14th cent.]

Saints

This is by no means an exhaustive collection of saints. Many newly canonised saints may be missing and many local saints for which I could only find scant information on have been left out. But this is a substantial collection nonetheless.

The names of the saints are listed as they would have appeared in the time the saint lived (to the best I can determine). Click on the saint’s name in the list to see more information about that saint. If you wish to see saints for a different date, select that date below. Or you can select a saint by their name or by places they are associated with.

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Sources

Information has been gathered predominantly from the following books:

D’Arcy, Mary Ryan. The Saints of Ireland. St. Paul, MN: Irish American Cultural Institute. 1974.

Kelly, Sean and Rogers, Rosemary. The Saint-a-Day Guide. New York: Random House Trade Paperback. 2001.

Ó Riain, Pádraig. A Dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2011.

Thurston S.J., Herbert J. and Attwater Donald, eds. Butler’s Lives of the Saints. Westminster, MD: Christian Classics. 1990

and the following websites:

Saints.SQPN.com

Santi, beati e testimoni - Enciclopedia dei Santi

Santi e beati della Toscana

eCatholicHub Catholic Saints Database

The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee

Martyrologium Romanum - Index Generalis

www.synaxaristis - ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ

Onomasticon Goedelicum locorum et tribuum Hiberniae et Scotiae (An index, with identifications, to the Gaelic names of places and tribes)

Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England: Database Home

focal.ie - Dictionary of Irish Terms - Foclóir Téarmaíochta

logainm.ie - Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland

Bosworth–Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

and various vetted articles in: Wikipedia