Nicetas of Novgorod

Saint Nicetas of Novgorod
Bishop of Novgorod
Born	Kiev, Kievan Rus'
Died	1108 Novgorod, Russia
Venerated in	Catholic Church Orthodox Church
Feast	31 January (Catholic Church), 31 January (14 February), 30 April (13 May), 14 (27) May (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Nicetas (Russian: Епископ Никита) was born in Kiev, Kievan Rus', he became a monk in the Monastery of the Caves, but then embraced the life of a hermit. According to custom, Nicetas was much plagued by demonic torments and returned to the monastery. Later in 1095 Nicetas was named to the office of Bishop of Novgorod, he acquired a reputation for performing miracles.[1]

His feast days in the Orthodox Church are on 14 May;[2] the day of his repose, 31 January;[3] and the day of the Uncovering of his Relics in 1558, on 30 April.[4] The relics of Nicetas are in Cathedral of St. Sophia, Novgorod.

Notes

1. St. Nicetas Catholic Online
2. (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ὁ Ἔγκλειστος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ἐκ Κιέβου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. (in Greek) Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νικήτα Ἀρχιεπισκόπου Νόβγκοροντ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.