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John of Constantinople

Byzantine saint

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Feast: 18 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
832
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

John of Constantinople (died 839), also known as John the Confessor, was an abbot of the Cathares Monastery, in Constantinople. He clashed with the Byzantine Emperor Leo the Armenian, who was instituting a policy of iconoclasm. John survived torture for his iconodulism. He is considered a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, and is celebrated by them on 27 April and 18 April respectively.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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