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Hierarch · 9th century

Emilian the Confessor Bishop of Cyzicus

Bishop of Cyzicus who boldly defended the holy icons under the iconoclast emperor Leo the Armenian and died in exile for the faith.

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Notes

Principal feast Aug 8 (Confessor, Bishop of Cyzicus).

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Jan 8