Saint Nicephorus of Constantinople

Saint Nicephorus of Constantinople, also known as Niceforo or Nikephoros, was born in 758 in Constantinople. He was the son of the secretary to Emperor Constantine Copronymus, who was a staunch supporter of iconoclasm, a movement that rejected the use of religious icons. Despite his father's loyalty to the emperor's cause, Nicephorus himself became a strong advocate for the veneration of icons....