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Venerable (Monastic) · 8th century

Venerable Theophilus the Confessor

Also known as Theophilus of Mount Selenteia

An iconodule monk of Mount Selenteia, publicly flogged for defending the holy icons under the Emperor Leo the Isaurian (717-741).

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Notes

Distinct from Theophilus the Confessor of Bulgaria.

Sources: GOARCH calendar; OCA / J. Sanidopoulos cross-check