Nicaea (also spelled Nicæa or Nicea, /naɪˈsiːə/ ny-SEE-ə; Latin: [niːˈkae̯.a]), also known as Nikaia (Ancient Greek: Νίκαια, Attic: [nǐːkai̯a], Koine:...
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The First Council of Nicaea (/naɪˈsiːə/ ny-SEE-ə; Ancient Greek: Σύνοδος τῆς Νίκαιας, romanized: Sýnodos tês Níkaias) was a council of Christian bishops...
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The Empire of Nicaea (Greek: Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων) or the Nicene Empire was the largest of the three Byzantine Greek rump states founded by the aristocracy...
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Nicaea can refer to: First Council of Nicaea in AD 325 Second Council of Nicaea in AD 787 The Council of Nicaea (audio drama) The Council of Nicaea (painting)...
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Nicene Creed (redirect from Creed of Nicaea)
it. The original Nicene Creed was first adopted at the First Council of Nicaea in 325. According to the traditional view, forwarded by the Council of Chalcedon...
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northwestern Anatolia Empire of Nicaea See of Nicaea Duke of Nicaea İznik, modern city in Turkey at the site of Nicaea Nicaea (Locris), a fortress city of...
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The Second Council of Nicaea is recognized as the last of the first seven ecumenical councils by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church...
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born in Nicaea of Bithynia to Christian parents who were named Theodore and Florentia. During the Diocletianic Persecution he went to Nicaea and boldly...
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Sporus of Nicaea (Greek: Σπόρος; c. 240 – c. 300) was a Greek mathematician and astronomer, probably from Nicaea, ancient district Bithynia (modern-day...
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Hagia Sophia, İznik (redirect from Hagia Sophia, Nicaea)
Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Turkish: Ayasofya) in İznik (Nicaea) in Bursa Province, Turkey, was built as a Byzantine-era basilican church...
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first seven ecumenical councils include the following: the First Council of Nicaea in 325, the First Council of Constantinople in 381, the Council of Ephesus...
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Battle of Nicaea was fought in 193 between the forces of Septimius Severus and his eastern rival, Pescennius Niger. It took place at Nicaea in Asia Minor...
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Nicaea (Greek: Nίκαια, c. 335 – c. 302 BC[citation needed]) was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman and was a daughter of the powerful regent Antipater. Her...
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The siege of Nicaea was the first major battle of the First Crusade, taking place from 14 May to 19 June 1097. The city was under the control of the Seljuk...
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Boukephala and Nikaia (redirect from Nicaea, Punjab)
Boukephala (Ancient Greek: Βουκεφάλα) and Nikaia (Νίκαια) were two cities founded by Alexander the Great on either side of the Hydaspes (modern-day Jhelum...
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there was a time when the Son was not." The ecumenical First Council of Nicaea of 325 declared Arianism to be a heresy. According to Everett Ferguson,...
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Nicaea or Nikaia (Ancient Greek: Νίκαια), was an ancient fortress of the Epicnemidian Locrians, situated upon the sea, and close to the pass of Thermopylae...
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the Laskaris family (connected to the Angelos dynasty of 1185–1204) in Nicaea and the Komnenos family (which had ruled as Byzantine Emperors 1081–1185)...
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after Nicaea. These disagreements divided the Church into various factions for over 55 years, from the time before the First Council of Nicaea in 325...
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Parthenius of Nicaea (Greek: Παρθένιος ὁ Νικαεύς) or Myrlea (Greek: ὁ Μυρλεανός) in Bithynia was a Greek grammarian and poet. According to the Suda, he...
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80–100 mm. Female Hyles nicaea nicaea Female Hyles nicaea nicaea, underside Male Hyles nicaea nicaea Male Hyles nicaea nicaea, underside Adults are on...
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In Greek mythology, Nicaea (/naɪˈsiːə/ nye-SEE-ə) or Nikaia (Ancient Greek: Νίκαια, romanized: Níkaia, pronounced [nǐːkai̯a]) is a Naiad nymph ("the Astacid...
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beginning of this century. Nicaea (now İznik) would become the site of the First Council of Nicaea (325) and the Second Council of Nicaea (787), respectively...
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The Siege of Nicaea took place in 1097 as part of the First Crusade. Siege of Nicaea may also refer to: Siege of Nicaea (727), part of the Arab–Byzantine...
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John III Doukas Vatatzes (redirect from Byzantine emperor of Nicaea John III)
Iōannēs III Doukas Vatatzēs, c. 1192 – 3 November 1254), was Emperor of Nicaea from 1221 to 1254. He was succeeded by his son, known as Theodore II Laskaris...
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is 44,236 (2022). The town is at the site of the ancient Greek city of Nicaea, from which the modern name derives. The town lies in a fertile basin at...
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Roman Empire by the Edict of Milan (313), later convening the Council of Nicaea (325) where Early Christianity was consolidated into what would become the...
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Trinity (section Before the Council of Nicaea)
granted the dignity of becoming "Son of God". In 325, the First Council of Nicaea adopted the Nicene Creed which described Christ as "God of God, Light of...
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Lake İznik (redirect from Lake of Nicaea)
a maximum depth of about 80 m. The town of Iznik (historically known as Nicaea) lies at its eastern end. The lake's Ancient Greek name was Askania (Ἀσκανία);...
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during the subsequent struggle for Constantinople, along with the Empire of Nicaea and the Empire of Trebizond; its rulers briefly proclaiming themselves as...
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