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March 20, 2026
HE CURSED THE EMPEROR, WHICH IS WHY HE SPENT 30 YEARS IN CAPTIVITY: Today we celebrate Saint Theophylact the Confessor
As they hammered nails into his body, he prayed to God with gratitude.
TL;DR
- Saint Theophylact the Confessor, Bishop of Nicomedia, is honored on March 21st.
- He was a known defender of icons and a miracle worker.
- He was sent as bishop to Nicomedia by Patriarch Tarasius.
- Saint Theophylact confronted Emperor Leo the Armenian, an iconoclast.
- He was exiled for thirty years and endured many hardships.
- He died in exile around 845 AD.
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