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Confessor · 8th century

James the Confessor

Also known as James the Confessor, Bishop of Catania · Jacob the Confessor

A monk of the Studite monastery and a diligent student of Scripture, James endured persecution under the iconoclasts and confessed the veneration of the holy icons. He was later made Bishop of Catania in Sicily.

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