Νικηφορος means “carrying victory” from Greek νικη (nike) “victory” and φορεω (phoreo) “to carry, to bear”. This name was borne by several Byzantine emperors, including the 10th-century Nikephoros II Phokas. Besides being a masculine personal name, it was also a title borne

Benedict from the Late Latin name Benedictus which meant “blessed”. Saint Benedict was an Italian monk who founded the Benedictines in the 6th century This Saint, whose name means “blessed,” was born in 480 in Nursia, a small town about

The holy Martyrs contested for piety’s sake during the reign of Diocletian (284-305), when Urban was Governor of Caesarea of Palestine. When Urban had commanded that together with a heathen festival, certain condemned Christians be