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Venerable Basil the Confessor

Also known as Basil, companion of Procopius of Decapolis

A monk and companion of Saint Prokopios of Decapolis who suffered for the veneration of the holy icons under the iconoclast emperor Leo the Isaurian, enduring torment for the faith and reposing in peace about the year 750.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints