Niketas 130

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitE IX
Dates821 (tpq) / 826 (taq)
PmbZ No.5469
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
TitlesKourator (office)
Textual SourcesTheodorus Studita, Epistulae, ed. G. Fatouros, CFHB 31.1-2 (Berlin/New York, 1992) (letters)

Niketas 130 was a kourator; addressee of a letter from Theodoros 15 (Theodore the Stoudite) written between 821 and 826; during the iconoclast persecution under Leo V (Leo 15) Niketas 130 had frequently shown signs of accepting the iconoclast position; however, in a communication delivered to Theodoros 15 by Glykerios 1, Niketas 130 claimed that his apparent lapses were for appearance's sake only and that at heart he had remained persuaded that the veneration of icons was right; he had apparently taken communion with iconoclasts: Theod. Stud., Ep. 437, pp. 614-615 (addressed Νικήτᾳ κουράτωρι).

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