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Confessor · 9th century

Saint Sergius the Confessor of Constantinople

Also known as Sergios, father of Saint Photios the Great

A confessor under the iconoclast emperor Theophilos and father of St. Photios the Great; commemorated with his wife Irene and their children.

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Sources: GOARCH calendar; OCA / J. Sanidopoulos cross-check