There are two individuals known as Basil the Confessor; one was a monk and the other Bishop of Parium.

Venerable Basil the Confessor

Venerable Basil the Confessor was an

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who lived in the 8th century. During the iconoclast controversy, Basil and his teacher Procopius of Decapolis, were imprisoned by the

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. Both languished in prison until the death of the emperor in 741, when they were released and returned to their monastery. He died peacefully in 750 and is venerated February 28 (

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; March 13

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Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium

Basil was a monk who was elected Bishop of

Parium Parium (or Parion; el, Πάριον) was a Greek city of Adrasteia in Mysia on the Hellespont. Its bishopric was a suffragan of Cyzicus, the metropolitan see of the Roman province of Hellespontus. History Founded in 709 B.C., the ancient ci ...

. In February 754 Emperor

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convened a synod at Hieria to condemn the veneration of icons. Basil refused to sign the orders for their destruction, He subsequently avoided any dealings with the iconoclasts. For this he suffered much persecution, hunger and deprivation. He is commemorated April 12."April 12", Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
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Venerable Basil the Confessor

Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium

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