Theophanes the Confessor
Byzantine aristocrat, monk and historian
- Lived
- 759–817
- Country
- Byzantine Empire
Updated September 2026
About Theophanes the Confessor
Theophanes the Confessor or Theophanes of the Great Field 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. Theophanes attended the Second Council of Nicaea in 787 and resisted the iconoclasm of Leo V the Armenian, for which he was imprisoned. He died shortly after his release.
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