Theophanes the Confessor

Saint Theophanes the Confessor
Confessor of the Faith
Born	c. 758–760 Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
Died	12 March 817 (aged 57–59) Samothrace, Thrace, Byzantine Empire
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church
Feast	12 March

Theophanes the Confessor (Greek: Θεοφάνης Ὁμολογητής; c. 758/760 – 12 March 817/818) was a member of the Byzantine aristocracy who became a monk and chronicler. He served in the court of Emperor Leo IV the Khazar before taking up the religious life. Theophanes attended the Second Council of Nicaea in 787 and resisted the iconoclasm of Leo V the Armenian, for which he was imprisoned. He died shortly after his release.

Theophanes the Confessor, venerated on 12 March in both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, should not be confused with Theophanes of Nicaea, whose feast is commemorated on 11 October.