Male name
When is Nikiforos’ name day?
Νικηφόρος · Nikiforos
Main name day
Holy Martyr Nicephorus
The Greek name Νικηφόρος (Nikiforos) is celebrated on 9 February.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Holy Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch3rd centuryA Christian of Antioch martyred in 257 under Valerian; according to tradition he persistently sought reconciliation with the priest Sapricius and was beheaded in his place when the latter denied Christ.Nicephorus lived in the time of the emperors Valerian and Gallienus and was closely connected to a priest named Sapricius, who had come to hate him after believing a slanderer. Nicephorus repeatedly asked to know the reason and begged forgiveness, without success.Read more
- Saint Nikephoros the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople8th–9th centuryPatriarch of Constantinople (806–815) and historian who was exiled by Emperor Leo V for defending the veneration of icons.Nikephoros was born in Constantinople in 758, son of Theodore and Eudokia. His father, a high official, was exiled by the iconoclast emperor Constantine V for defending the veneration of icons, and died at Nicaea.Read more
Variants and other forms
- In Latin letters
- Nikiforos, Nikephoros, Nikeforos
- English equivalents
- Nicephorus
- In Greek
- Νικηφόρος