Niketas 16 was bishop of Klaudiopolis (in Honorias); 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 994-XIII 486. In the lists of those present at the first and seventh sessions, on 24 September and 13 October 787, he is styled Νικήτα ἐπισκόπου Κλαυδιουπόλεως: Mansi XII 994, XIII 365 (wrongly called Neilos (Νείλου); the Latin version, at XIII 366, preserves the correct name). Elsewhere he is styled Νικήτας ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Κλαυδιουπόλεως or similar: Mansi XII 1091, XII 1151, XIII 136, XIII 381. At the second session, on 26 September 787, he spoke in favour of the traditional veneration of icons as described in statements from pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1) and condemned iconoclasts: Mansi XII 1091. At the third session he accepted as orthodox the statements of the faith contained in letters from Tarasios 1 and the eastern patriarchs and condemned iconoclasts: Mansi XII 1151. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 136. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 381.

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