List of Confessors
The Confessor (short for Confessor of the Faith) is a title bestowed by the Christian Church. Those so honored include:
- Basil the Confessor (died 750), Eastern Orthodox saint and monk
- Saint Chariton, 3rd-4th-century saint
- Edward the Confessor (1003/1005–1066), one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England, Roman Catholic saint
- Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1497–1546), early champion of the Protestant Reformation
- Isaac of Dalmatia (died 383 or 396), Orthodox saint, monk and founder of a monastery
- Luka (Voyno-Yasenetsky) (died 1961), Eastern Orthodox saint and bishop
- Maximus the Confessor (c. 580–662), Byzantine civil servant, Christian monk, theologian and scholar
- Michael of Synnada (died 826), Catholic and Orthodox saint, bishop of Synnada
- Nicetas of Medikion, (died 824), iconophile monk and Orthodox saint
- Saint Nicetas the Patrician (761/62–836), iconophile monk and Orthodox saint
- Paphnutius of Thebes (died 4th century), bishop and saint
- Paul I of Constantinople (died c. 350), bishop of Constantinople, Roman Catholic and Orthodox saint
- Samuel the Confessor (597–693), Coptic Orthodox saint, founder of a monastery
- Theophanes the Confessor (c. 758/760–817/818), Byzantine aristocrat, monk and chronicler, Roman Catholic and Orthodox saint
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