Nicetas of Novgorod

Saint Nicetas
Bishop of Novgorod
Born	Kiev, Ukraine
Died	1107 Novgorod, Russia
Honored in	Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast	31 January (Roman Catholic Church), 14 May (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Nicetas was born in Kiev, Ukraine, he became a monk in the Monastery of the Caves, but then embraced the life of a hermit. According to custom, Nicetas was much plagued by demonic torments and returned to the monastery. Later in 1095 Nicetas was named to the office of Bishop of Novgorod, he acquired a reputation for performing miracles.^[1]

His feast days in the Orthodox Church are on May 14;^[2] the day of his repose, January 31;^[3] and the day of the Uncovering of his Relics in 1558, on April 30.^[4]

Notes

1. ^ St. Nicetas Catholic Online
2. ^ (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ὁ Ἔγκλειστος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. ^ (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ἐκ Κιέβου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. ^ (Greek) Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νικήτα Ἀρχιεπισκόπου Νόβγκοροντ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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Name	Nicetas Of Novgorod
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Date of birth
Place of birth	Kiev, Ukraine
Date of death	1107
Place of death	Novgorod, Russia