List of Confessors
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The Confessor is a title bestowed by the Christian Church. Those so honored include:
- Basil the ConfessorBasil the ConfessorBasil the Confessor was an Eastern Orthodox saint who lived in the 8th century and was tortured by the Byzantine Emperor Leo III. With his pupil Prokopy, St. Basil the Confessor, who was a monk, was imprisoned for venerating icons, since at that time it was prohibited. After Leo III died in 741,...
(died 750), Eastern Orthodox saint and monk - Saint CharitonSaint CharitonSaint Chariton the Confessor is a Christian saint. His remembrance day is September 28....
, 3rd-4th century saint - Edward the ConfessorEdward the ConfessorEdward the Confessor also known as St. Edward the Confessor , son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England and is usually regarded as the last king of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 to 1066....
(1003/1005-1066), one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England, Roman Catholic saint - Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-LüneburgErnest I, Duke of Brunswick-LüneburgErnest of Brunswick-Lüneburg , also frequently called Ernest the Confessor, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a champion of the protestant cause during the early years of the Protestant Reformation...
(1497-1546), early champion of the Protestant Reformation - Isaac of DalmatiaIsaac of DalmatiaSaint Isaac the Confessor, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery was an Orthodox Christian monk who is honored as a saint and confessor. He is sometimes referred to as Isaac the Dalmatian, not because he was from Dalmatia, but because of the monastery which he founded.According to some accounts,...
(died 383 or 396), Orthodox saint, monk and founder of a monastery - Maximus the ConfessorMaximus the ConfessorMaximus the Confessor was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his early life, he was a civil servant, and an aide to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius...
(c. 580–662), Byzantine civil servant, Christian monk, theologian and scholar - Michael of SynnadaMichael of SynnadaMichael of Synnada was a bishop of Synnada from 784.Much influenced by Patriarch Tarasios of Constantinople, he carried out diplomatic missions for him and Byzantium. He clashed with the Emperor Leo the Armenian over Leo's policy of iconoclasm, and was exiled, returning under his successor.He is...
(died 826), Catholic and Orthodox saint, bishop of Synnada - Nicetas of ChalcedonNicetas of ChalcedonSaint Nicetas the Confessor, commemorated on 28 May, was the bishop of Chalcedon . References to St. Nicetas have been found in old manuscripts originating from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and in menaia from the Orthodox Patriarchates of Serbia and Russia.A church, first...
, 9th century Orthodox saint and monk - Paphnutius of ThebesPaphnutius of ThebesPaphnutius of Thebes, also known as Paphnutius the Confessor, was bishop of a city in the Upper Thebaid in the early fourth century, and one of the most interesting possible members of the First Council of Nicaea in 325...
(died 4th century), bishop and saint - Paul I of ConstantinoplePaul I of ConstantinoplePaul I or Paulus I or Saint Paul the Confessor , sixth bishop of Constantinople, elected AD 336 or 340. His feast day is on June 7.-Biography:...
(died c. 350), sixth bishop of Constantinople, Catholic saint - Samuel the ConfessorSamuel the ConfessorSaint Samuel the Confessor is a Coptic Orthodox saint, venerated in all Oriental Orthodox Churches...
(597-693), Coptic Orthodox saint, founder of a monastery - Theophanes the ConfessorTheophanes the ConfessorSaint Theophanes Confessor was a member of the Byzantine aristocracy, who became a monk and chronicler. He is venerated on March 12 in the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Church .-Biography:Theophanes was born in Constantinople of wealthy and noble iconodule parents: Isaac,...
(c. 758/760–817/818), Byzantine aristocrat, monk and chronicler, Roman Catholic and Orthodox saint