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Hierarch · 9th century

Theophylactus of Nicomedia

Also known as Theophylact of Nicomedia

A 9th-century bishop of Nicomedia known for his charity to the poor, the sick, and lepers, building churches and hospices. For defending the veneration of icons under the iconoclast emperor Leo the Armenian he was exiled, dying in banishment.

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