Martyr
Nicetas the New
A martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion as Nicetas the New.
- Feast
- December 17old style December 30
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Nicetas the New is commemorated on 17 December (new style, the Greek calendar). No biographical data about him is preserved, only a discourse about him by the grand logothete Theodore Mouzalon, found in the Great Lavra on Mount Athos.
A verse says that, though he is an athlete of more recent times, Nicetas is equal to the contests of the ancients. The place and manner of his martyrdom are not preserved.
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