# Pope Nicholas I "the Great" - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-nicholas-i-the-great
Pontificate: 24 April 858 – 13 November 867
Number in the papal list: 105
Born-Died: c. 820 - 867
Papal era: Frankish Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Nicholas_I

Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Feast day 13 November.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Benedict III](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-benedict-iii)
- Next in list: [Pope Adrian II](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-adrian-ii)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 863 - [Cyril and Methodius in Moravia](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/863-cyril-and-methodius-in-moravia)
- 863 - [Photian schism](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/863-photian-schism)
- 864 - [Baptism of Boris I of Bulgaria](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/864-baptism-of-boris-i-of-bulgaria)