Saint Nicephorus I (†828) was a Byzantine patriarch of Constantinople from 806 to 815. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. His Feast day is commemorated on 13 March and 2 June.
Small oval glass-fronted silver reliquary theca housing a relic of St. Nicephorus I, Patriarch of Constantinople. The relic is affixed to a silk ground decorated with silver wire ornamentation and identified in Latin on a manuscript cedula label as S. Niceph P. (Saint Nicephorus, Patriarch). On the back, under a protective cap, the theca is secured with a perfectly-preserved seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of Monsignor Costantino Patrizi Naro (†1876), Dean of the College of Cardinals and the Vicar General of the Roman Curia (1841-1876).
Saint Nicephorus I (†828) was a Byzantine patriarch of Constantinople from 806 to 815. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. His Feast day is commemorated on 13 March and 2 June.
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