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Hierarch · 4th century

Saint Paul the Confessor Archbishop of Constantinople

Also known as Paul of Constantinople

Archbishop of Constantinople who defended Orthodoxy against Arian pressure, endured repeated exile, and was killed in Armenia.

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Notes

Distinct from Paul the Confessor, Bishop of Plousias (OS-0791).

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