Nicetas
Americannoun
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In the early 10th-century Life of Patriarch Ignatios, by Nicetas David Paphlagon, a narrative of a religious figure, the author recounts the story of a woman in labor with a breeched birth.
From Scientific American • Dec. 11, 2020
This he despatched against Constantinople, while at the same time his nephew Nicetas led a large body of horse along the African shore to invade Egypt.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
He bent forward to take Nicetas in his arms, but the Greek boy shook his head.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert
The Gospels, with commentary of Nicetas of Naupactus; Acts and St. Paul, with commentary of Theophylact; Apoc., with the commentary of an anonymous writer.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
That emperor was buried, according to the historian Nicetas Choniates, in the church of S. Saviour the Philanthropist, 241 near the palace of Mangana, on the east shore of the city.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander
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