Nicetas the Patrician, Byzantine general, monk, and saint (b. 761)
Saint Nicetas the Patrician (Greek: Νικήτας Πατρίκιος, romanized: Niketas Patrikios; 761/62 – 6 October 836) was a Byzantine monk and a fervent opponent of Byzantine Iconoclasm. He is usually identified with Nicetas Monomachos (Νικήτας Μονομάχος), a eunuch official and general from Paphlagonia active at the turn of the 9th century.

He is honoured as a saint and a Confessor of the Faith by the Eastern Orthodox Church. His feast day is on 13 October.