Nikephoros 13 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VIII |
Dates | 787 (taq) / 787 (tpq) |
PmbZ No. | 5274 |
Variant Names | Nicephorus; Nymphos |
Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
Locations | Hadrianoi (Bithynia) (officeplace); Hadrianoi (Bithynia); Nikaia |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, Hadrianoi (Bithynia) (office) |
Textual Sources | Nikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar) |
Nikephoros 13 was bishop of Hadrianoi in Bithynia; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and was probably present at all eight sessions, from 24 September to 23 November 787: Mansi XII 1103-XIII 486. In the lists of those present at the first and seventh sessions he is styled Νικηφόρου ἐπισκόπου Ἀδρανοῦς: Mansi XII 995, XIII 369. Elsewhere he is styled Νικηφόρος ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Ἀδρανοῦ or similar: Mansi XII 1103, XIII 145 (Ἀδρανοῦς), XIII 389 (Νύμφος ἀνάξιος ἐπίσκοπος πόλεως Ἀδριανοῦς; the Latin version, at XIII 390, has: "
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