Theophanes the Confessor
Monastic and chronicler
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Theophanes the Confessor 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. Wikipedia
Born: 758 AD, Constantinople
Died: March 12, 817 AD (age 59 years), Samothrace, Greece
Feast: 12 March (Catholic Church); 12 March (Julian Calendar for Orthodox Church)
Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church