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'''Nicholas Mysticus''' (d. May [[925]]) was the [[Patriarch of Constantinople]] from [[901]] to [[906]] and from [[912]] to [[925]].

He denied a fourth marriage to emperor [[Leo VI]] and unsuccessfully plotted against Leo to place Andronicus Ducas on the throne. Nicholas was forced to baptize Leo's illegitimate son, and was then deposed in [[906]]. He was restored to power when Leo's brother [[Alexander III of Byzantium|Alexander III]] became emperor, and became regent for [[Constantine VII]] when Alexander died in 913. As regent he had his co-regent Constantine Ducas executed, and made an unpopular peace with the Bulgars. He was replaced as regent by the [[Zoe Karvounopsina|Augusta Zoe]], mother of the young Constantine VII, in 914 but was allowed to remain patriarch until his death in 925.

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before=[[Anthony II of Constantinople|Antony II Kauleas]]<br>[[Euthymius I of Constantinople|Euthymius I Syncellus]]|
title=[[List of Constantinople patriarchs|Patriarch of Constantinople]]|
years=[[901]]–[[907]], [[912]]–[[925]]|
after=[[Euthymius I of Constantinople|Euthymius I Syncellus]]<br>[[Stephanus II of Constantinople|Stephanus II]]}}
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[[Category:Ecumenical Patriarchs]]
[[Category:925 deaths|Mysticus, Nicholas]]

Nicholas Mysticus - Revision history

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