Maximus the Confessor

Christian monk, theologian, scholar and saint (c. 580 - 662)

Saint Maximus the Confessor (also known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople) (born 580 – 13 August, 662) was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his early life, he was a civil servant. He was also an aide to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius. However, he gave up this life to become a monk.

Saint Maximus
Icon of St. Maximus
Confessor, Theologian, Homogoletes
Bornc. 580
Constantinople or Palestine
Died13 August, 662
exile in Georgia (Eurasia)
Venerated inEastern Christianity and Western Christianity
Canonizedpre-congregation
Feast13 August (Gregorian Calendar), 21 January or 13 August (Julian Calendar)

Further reading change

  • Maximus Confessor: Selected Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality). Ed. George C. Berthold. Paulist Press, 1985. ISBN 0-8091-2659-1.
  • St. Maximus the Confessor: The Ascetic Life, The Four Centuries on Charity (Ancient Christian Writers). Ed. Polycarp Sherwood. Paulist Press, 1955. ISBN 0-8091-0258-7.
  • Maximus the Confessor and his Companions (Documents from Exile) (Oxford Early Christian Texts). Ed. and Trans. Pauline Allen, Bronwen Neil. Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-1982-9991-5.

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