Saint Nicetas of Medicion

Also known as

• Niketas of Medikion

Memorial

• 3 April

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Monk and abbot of Medicion Abbey in Bithynia. He and his brothers suffered in the persecutions of iconclast Emperor Leo, and he was imprisoned for many years.

Born

• Bithynia

Died

• 824 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Nicetas of Medicion“. Saints.SQPN.com. 2 April 2013. Web. 25 May 2013. <>