List of Confessors

The Confessor(short forConfessor of the Faith) is a title bestowed by someChristian denominations.Those so honored include:

• Anthony the Confessor(died 844), Eastern Orthodox saint and bishop of Thessaloniki
• Basil the Confessor(died 750), Eastern Orthodox saint and monk
• Chariton the Confessor,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
• George the Confessor(died 814), Bishop of Antioch in Pisidia
• George the Standard-Bearer(died 821), Archbishop of Mytilene
• Isaac of Dalmatia(died 383 or 396), Orthodox saint, monk and founder of a monastery
• Jacob of Nisibis(died 4th century), Bishop of Nisibis
• Luke Voyno-Yasenetsky(1877–1961), Eastern Orthodox saint and bishop
• Pope Martin I(590/600–655), Catholic and Orthodox saint
• 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
• 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