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Confessor · 9th century

Saint Euschemon the Confessor Bishop of Lampsacus

Also known as Euschemon

Bishop of Lampsacus on the Hellespont, Euschemon was known for his ascetic life and defense of the holy icons, for which he suffered imprisonment under the iconoclast emperor Theophilus.

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