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Nicholas Mystikos

852 - 925

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Nicholas I Mystikos or Mysticus (Greek: Νικόλαος Μυστικός; 852 – 15 May 925) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1 March 901 to 1 February 907 and from 15 May 912 to his death on 15 May 925. His feast day in the Eastern Orthodox Church is 16 May. Nicholas was born in the Italian Peninsula and had become a friend of the Patriarch Photius I. He fell into disfavor after Photius I's dismissal in 886 and retired to a monastery. Emperor Leo VI the Wise retrieved him from the monastery and made him mystikos, a dignity designating either the imperial secretary or a judicial official. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicholas Mystikos is the 1,127th most popular religious figure (down from 986th in 2019), the 519th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 472nd in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Nicholas Mystikos ranks 1,127 out of 3,187Before him are Youssef Absi, Gianna Beretta Molla, José Saraiva Martins, Antipope Gregory VI, Elon, and Günter Guillaume. After him are Mario Aurelio Poli, Sabellius, Hilarion, Jerzy Popiełuszko, Lars Levi Laestadius, and Ibn Sa'd.

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Among people born in 852, Nicholas Mystikos ranks 2Before him is Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia. After him are Zhu Wen, and Ealhswith. Among people deceased in 925, Nicholas Mystikos ranks 4Before him are Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, Sancho I of Pamplona, and Fruela II of Asturias.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Nicholas Mystikos ranks 519 out of 1,347Before him are Eustathius of Antioch (300), Devlet Hatun (1361), Agatharchides (-208), Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (1845), Ajda Pekkan (1946), and Şah Sultan (1544). After him are Ivaylo of Bulgaria (1281), Prusias I of Bithynia (-300), Basil Zaharoff (1849), Adamantios Korais (1748), Yousuf Karsh (1908), and Manuel Chrysoloras (1355).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Nicholas Mystikos ranks 82Before him are Melito of Sardis (140), Agathius (300), Euthymius the Great (377), George Syncellus (800), Gerasimus of the Jordan (500), and Eustathius of Antioch (300). After him are Theodore of Mopsuestia (350), George Hamartolos (900), Jacob Baradaeus (505), Nectarius of Constantinople (null), Dorotheus of Gaza (510), and Meletius of Antioch (400).