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Iosif Ispovednik
Archbishop of Thessalonica (d. 832)
SaintByzantine EmpirePre-congregation
Born
762
Died
826
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Joseph the Confessor (d. Constantinople, 832) was a 9th-century Archbishop of Thessalonica and brother of Theodore Stoudites. He is commemorated as a saint on 14 July by the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q4202902 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Joseph the Confessor (CC BY-SA)
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