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Nicaea

American

[nahy-see-uh] / naɪˈsi ə /

noun

an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.

Nicaea British

/ naɪˈsiːə /

noun

Modern Turkish name: Iznik. an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, in Bithynia: site of the first council of Nicaea (325 _ad ), which composed the Nicene Creed

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Pope Leo XIV on Friday visited the ruins in Iznik, as present-day Nicaea is called, to mark the council’s 1700th anniversary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

His stop in Iznik will mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, a gathering of bishops in the year 325 that resulted in a statement of faith still central to Christianity.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

A key moment of the trip will take place in the Turkish town of Iznik, the site of the ancient city of Nicaea.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

“It’s so cool how you know all this lore and expanded universe stuff,” JP says after Paul brings up the First Council of Nicaea.

From New York Times • May 22, 2024

This was in fact the method used by a Greek astronomer, Hipparchus of Nicaea, in 150 B.C. to work out the Moon’s distance from Earth.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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