Nikephoros Phokas, patrikios

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1. NIKEFOROS Fokas (-[969/70]). Zonaras records that Emperor Ioannes Tzimiskes exiled "Leone curopalate et filio eius Nicephoro" to Lesbos and "alteri eius filio Bardæ" to "Amasia"[1372]. Cedrenus records that Emperor Ioannes exiled "Nicephorum Bestin eius filium" to "Imbrun"[1373]. Zonaras records that "Leo cum altero filio Nicephoro" left Lesbos for Thrace but were captured and blinded on the orders of Emperor Ioannes[1374].