04 Works, Today, May 28th is Saint Nicetas’ day, his story in Paintings #148

Saint Nicetas of Medikion, or Nicetas the Confessor, who is commemorated on 28 May, was a monk who opposed iconoclasm.

Nicetas was born in Bithynian Caesarea of a pious family. His mother died eight days after his birth, and his father Philaretos became a monk. The child was raised by his grandmother. From his youth Nicetas attended church and was a disciple of the hermit Stephen…

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