Niketas 56 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | VII |
| PmbZ No. | 2785 |
| Variant Names | Ioannes |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Rhizaion (Pontus Polemoniacus) (officeplace); Rhizaion (Pontus Polemoniacus) |
| Occupation | Bishop |
| Titles | Bishop, Rhizaion (Pontus Polemoniacus) (office) |
| Seal Sources | Laurent, V., Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzatin, V, 1-3, L'église (Paris, 1963-72); II, L'administration centrale (Paris, 1981) |
Niketas 56 was bishop of the city of Rhizaion; owner of a seal dateable to the seventh century: Laurent, Corpus V 1, no. 496. Obv.: Virgin and Child between invocative monograms of Θεοτόκε and βοήθει. Rev.: square monogram of uncertain resolution, either Ἰωάννῃ ἐπισκόπῳ or Νικήτᾳ ἐπισκόπῳ, with the legend πόλεος τοῦ Ριζέου.
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