On the Bosphorus, by the Propontis, the passing of Saint Nicephorus, Bishop of Constantinople, who, a most ardent champion of the traditions of the Fathers, steadfastly set himself against the iconoclast emperor Leo the Armenian on behalf of the veneration of sacred images; driven from his see by him and long confined in a monastery, he passed to the Lord with a tranquil spirit.
June 2nd
Saint Nicephorus, Bishop
Latin Original
Apud Bósphorum 1n Propóntide, tránsitus sancti Nicéphori, epíscopi Constantinopolitáni, qui, paternárum traditiónum propugnátor acérrimus, pro cultu sacrárum Imáginum Leóni Arméno imperatóri iconoclástaze constánter se oppósuit; a quo sede pulsus et in monastério diu relegátus, aequo ánimo ad Dóminum migrávit.