Confessor 8th century
James the Confessor
Also known as James the Confessor, Bishop of Catania · Jacob the Confessor
A monk of the Studite monastery and a diligent student of Scripture, James endured persecution under the iconoclasts and confessed the veneration of the holy icons. He was later made Bishop of Catania in Sicily.
Feast Day
March 21
Their life
A monk of the Studite monastery and a diligent student of Scripture, James endured persecution under the iconoclasts and confessed the veneration of the holy icons. He was later made Bishop of Catania in Sicily.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints