Saint Nicetas of Apollonias

Saint Nicetas of Apollonias, also known as Nicetas of Bithynia, was a revered Catholic Saint and Bishop of Apollonias in Bithynia, located in modern-day Turkey. He lived during a tumultuous period in Byzantine history, marked by the iconoclastic controversy. Nicetas was a staunch opponent of the iconoclasm imposed by Emperor Leo III, who sought to remove and destroy religious icons from churches and public spaces....