Nikephoros 20

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tpq)
PmbZ No.5278
Variant NamesNicephorus
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsHagios Andreas (Monastery of) (officeplace);
Hagios Andreas (Monastery of) (residence);
Hagios Andreas (Monastery of);
Nikaia
OccupationHegoumenos
TitlesHegoumenos, Andreas (office)
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Nikephoros 20 was hegoumenos of the monastery of Hagios Andreas; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and is attested at the fourth session, on 1 October 787, when he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 152 (Νικηφόρος ἡγούμενος τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀνδρέου; the Latin version, at XIII 151, calls him "hegumenus S. Andreae"). He probably attended other sessions of the Council also; see Gregorios 45.

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