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Confessor · 9th century

Saint Michael the Confessor of Constantinople

Also known as Michael the priest and preacher

A Jerusalem-born priest and preacher who defended the holy icons under Leo the Armenian and was beaten and exiled for Orthodoxy.

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Distinct from Michael the Confessor, Bishop of Synnada (OS-1226).

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