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Hierarch · 9th century

Saint Michael the Confessor Bishop of Synnada

Also known as Michael of Synnada

Bishop of Synnada in Phrygia, an able defender of the holy icons who was sent on embassies for the Church and, refusing to yield to the iconoclast Leo the Armenian, ended his days in exile.

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Notes

Distinct from Sts Pausicacus and Agapitus of Synnada.

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