Nicholas Mystikos

Nicholas I, called Mystikos (* 852, † May 11 925) was Patriarch of Constantinople Opel 901-907 and 912 to 925, he refused the Emperor Leo VI. a fourth marriage and conspired in the so-called Tetragamiestreit unsuccessfully against him to put Andronikos Dukas on the throne. After Nicholas was forced to baptize Leos son from the unauthorized connection. Then, 907, he was deposed and exiled for several years in the monastery he founded Galakrenai near Chalcedon, where he was to find his final resting place later.

As Leo's brother Alexander became emperor 912, Nicholas was reinstated and appointed after Alexander's death fast 913 regent for Constantine VII - together with Constantine Dukas, which he put to death. He completed an unpopular peace with the Bulgarians and crowned their ruler Simeon for " basileus ( emperor ) of Bulgaria ". In the year 920, he was finally deposed as Regent of Romanus I, but was allowed to stay Patriarch until his death.

On May 16, he is venerated in the Orthodox Church as a saint.