Hierarch · 5th century
Saint Flavian the Confessor Patriarch of Constantinople
Also known as Flavian of Constantinople · Flavianos the Confessor
Patriarch of Constantinople who upheld Orthodox doctrine against the heresy of Eutyches and was violently abused at the "Robber Council" of Ephesus in 449, dying of his injuries shortly after.
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Recipient of the Tome of Saint Leo the Great.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Feb 18