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Nicetas of Heraclea

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Native name
  
Νικήτας

Occupation
  
Clergyman

Nationality
  
Greek

Nicetas (Νικήτας) was an 11th-century Greek clergyman. A deacon of St. Sophia, Constantinople, he was a nephew of the bishop Serres or Serrae in Macedonia. Eventually he became Metropolitan of Heraclea (Pontus), at the end of the eleventh century. He was a prolific writer.

He is sometimes confused with Nicetas Paphlagon.

Works

He compiled catenas on Matthew, Luke and John.

  1. Commentarii in Gregor. Nazianzeni Tetrasticha et Monosticha
  2. Responsa Canonica ad Interrogationes cujusdam Constantini Episcopi

References

Nicetas of Heraclea Wikipedia