Nikolaos 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E IX |
| Dates | 810 (taq) / 812 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 5578 |
| Religion | Christian; Iconoclast |
| Locations | Hexakionion (Constantinople) (residence); Hexakionion (Constantinople) |
| Occupation | Hermit |
| Textual Sources | Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle) |
Nikolaos 2 was a hermit living in the district called Hexakionion (just outside Constantinople) in the reign of Nikephoros I (Nikephoros 8); Nikolaos 2 and his supporters spoke out against sacred images and were tolerated by the emperor, to the scandal of the patriarch; called by Theophanes a false hermit (ψευδερημίτης τις Νικόλαος): Theoph. AM 6303. Called the Hexakionite (Νικολάου τοῦ Ἑξακιονίτου), Nikolaos 2 was associated with an unnamed "false hermit", his "fellow-magician", who damaged an icon of the Virgin; he himself professed repentance publicly in 812 under Michael I (Michael 7) and was confined to a monastery: Theoph. AM 6304.
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