Pope Nicholas I

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Catholic theologian human pope

Pope Nicholas I was a 9th-century pope known for asserting strong papal authority in both doctrinal disputes and secular affairs, notably in conflicts with Eastern patriarchs and European rulers.

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Label	Occurrences
Pope Nicholas I canonical	14

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic theologian ⓘ human ⓘ pope ⓘ
advocated	primacy of the Roman See over other churches ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nicholas the Great ⓘ
appointedCardinalBy	Pope Sergius II ⓘ
asserted	papal authority over secular rulers in moral matters ⓘ papal right to judge bishops beyond the Papal States ⓘ
birthDate	c. 800 ⓘ
birthPlace	Papal States ⓘ Rome ⓘ
burialPlace	Old St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ surface form: Old St. Peter’s Basilica
canonizationStatus	saint ⓘ
cardinalTitle	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica ⓘ
conflict	Photian Schism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Papal States ⓘ
deathDate	13 November 867 ⓘ
deathPlace	Papal States ⓘ Rome ⓘ
era	9th century ⓘ
feastDay	13 November ⓘ
givenName	Nicholas ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Pope ⓘ
involvedIn	controversy over the deposition of bishops ⓘ dispute over the divorce of Lothair II ⓘ
knownFor	asserting strong papal authority ⓘ conflicts with Eastern patriarchs ⓘ conflicts with European rulers ⓘ intervention in secular political affairs ⓘ involvement in doctrinal disputes ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
memberOf	College of Cardinals ⓘ
notableWork	decrees on church discipline and hierarchy ⓘ papal letters defending marriage indissolubility ⓘ
opponent	Hincmar of Reims ⓘ surface form: Archbishop Hincmar of Reims Byzantine Emperor Michael III ⓘ surface form: Emperor Michael III of Byzantium Lothair II ⓘ surface form: King Lothair II of Lotharingia Photios I of Constantinople ⓘ surface form: Patriarch Photius I of Constantinople
papacyEndDate	13 November 867 ⓘ
papacyStartDate	24 April 858 ⓘ
papalName	Nicholas I of Russia ⓘ surface form: Nicholas I
positionHeld	Pope ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Rome Pope ⓘ surface form: Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church
predecessor	Pope Benedict III ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
successor	Pope Hadrian II ⓘ surface form: Pope Adrian II
supported	missionary work among the Slavs ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
veneratedIn	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

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Subject: Pope Nicholas I
Description of subject: Pope Nicholas I was a 9th-century pope known for asserting strong papal authority in both doctrinal disputes and secular affairs, notably in conflicts with Eastern patriarchs and European rulers.

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Photian Schism → participant → Pope Nicholas I ⓘ

Christianization of the Balkans → hasKeyFigure → Pope Nicholas I ⓘ

Christianization of Bulgaria → keyFigure → Pope Nicholas I ⓘ

Lothair II → papalOpponent → Pope Nicholas I ⓘ

Photios I of Constantinople → excommunicatedBy → Pope Nicholas I ⓘ

Photios I of Constantinople → opponent → Pope Nicholas I ⓘ

Synod of Rome 863 → convokedBy → Pope Nicholas I ⓘ

Synod of Rome 863 → presidedOverBy → Pope Nicholas I ⓘ

Synod of Rome 863 → tookPlaceInPontificateOf → Pope Nicholas I ⓘ

Synod of Rome 863 → involvedPerson → Pope Nicholas I ⓘ

Pope Hadrian II → predecessor → Pope Nicholas I ⓘ

Council of Constantinople 867 → condemned → Pope Nicholas I ⓘ

Ignatius legitimate Patriarch of Constantinople → supportedBy → Pope Nicholas I ⓘ

subject surface form: Ignatius, legitimate Patriarch of Constantinople

Ignatios of Constantinople → supportedBy → Pope Nicholas I ⓘ