Nicephoros

Nicephoros I of Constantinople was born in Constantinople in 757 or 758 CE. He began his career as an imperial secretary and in 806 CE was elected Patriarch of Constantinople. He was deposed in 814 CE when he objected to Emperor Leo V’s (r. 813– 820) efforts to remove icons from public places. Nicephoros then retired to a monastery where he died in 828 CE. He wrote Chronography in Greek the early 9th century CE (Neville, 2018:72).