Theophanes the Confessor - Wikipedia Theophanes the Confessor (Greek: Θεοφάνης Ὁμολογητής; c 759 – 817 or 818) was a member of the Byzantine aristocracy who became a monk and chronicler He served in the court of Emperor Leo IV the Khazar before taking up the religious life
Saint Theophanes the Confessor | Byzantine Iconoclasm, Iconophile . . . Saint Theophanes the Confessor (born c 752—died c 818, island of Samothrace, Greece; feast day March 12) was a Byzantine monk, theologian, and chronicler, and a principal adversary of the heterodox in the Iconoclastic Controversy (concerning the destruction of sacred images)
St. Theophanes - Saints Angels - Catholic Online St Theophanes Abbot and Confessor MARCH 12 A D 818 His father, who was governor of the isles of the Archipelago, died when he was only three years old, and left him heir to a very great estate, under the guardianship of the Iconoclast emperor, Constantine Copronymus
St. Theophanes - Biography - Vatican Site St Theophanes Biography St Theophanes was born in Samothrace, Greece around the year 759 He was orphaned while still a young child, but was left a large inheritance As a young man, Theophanes’ guardian coerced him to marry, however he and his wife vowed themselves to celibacy
Venerable Theophanes the Confessor of Sigriane Saint Theophanes the Confessor was born in 759 at Constantinople into a pious and renowned family His father was a relative of the Byzantine emperor Leo the Isaurian (717-741) Three years after Theophanes was born, his father died, leaving his family under the care of the emperor himself …
St. Theophanes - Catholic Exchange After his wife entered a convent, Theophanes became a monk, using his wealth to build monasteries and support the poor A scholar and theologian, he is best known for his defense of sacred images during the Iconoclast Controversy, when the Byzantine emperor sought to ban religious icons
St. Theophanes | EWTN Theophanes was cast into prison and for two years suffered cruel treatment; he was then banished to Samothracia, where, overwhelmed with afflictions, he lived only seventeen days and wrought many miracles after death
Theophanes - Encyclopedia. com Theophanes was a sharp critic of ecclesiastical abuses and intrigues in the decades following the fall of Constantinople He wrote theological and philosophical tracts in support of the antiunionist polemic of Gennadius and Marcus Eugenicus
Theodorus and Theophanes, Saints - Catholic Answers Theodorus and Theophanes (called Grapti, “written upon”, graptoi), SAINTS: Theodorus b about 775; d about 842-43; Theophanes, b about 778; d 845 These champions of the veneration of images during the second Iconoclastic controversy in the East were brothers and natives of Jerusalem
Theodorus and Theophanes - Wikipedia Theodorus (Greek: Θεοδώρος; ca 775–ca 842) and Theophanes (Greek: Θεοφάνης; ca 778–845), called the Grapti (from Greek: γραπτοί, "written upon"), are remembered as proponents of the veneration of icons during the second Iconoclastic controversy