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Confessor · 8th century

Saint Basil the Confessor

Also known as Basil of Parium

Bishop of Parium who firmly defended the veneration of holy icons during the Iconoclast persecution and suffered for refusing to sign an edict against them.

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