Our Venerable Father Maximos the Confessor.
Abbot, mystic, and Doctor of the Church, called “the Theologian,”
who suffered persecution from Emperor Constans II and the
Monothelitist heretics. He was born to a noble family in
Constantinople, modern Istanbul, about 580 and served for a time as
secretary to Emperor Heraclius before becoming a monk and abbot at
Chrysopolis, modern Skutori, Turkey. When Emperor Constans II favored
Monothelitism, Maximus defended Pope Honorius and debated and
converted Pyrrhus in 645. He then attended the Lateran Council in
649, convened by Pope St. Martin I, and he was taken prisoner and
brought to Constantinople, where he was charged with treason. Exiled
from the Empire, he spent six years at Perberis and was brought back
to Constantinople with two companions - both named Anastasius - to be
tortured and mutilated. Their tongues and right hands were cut off
and they were sent to Skhemaris on the Black Sea, where Maximus died.
He is venerated for his mysticism and is ranked as one of the
foremost theologians of his era, being especially noted for his
contributions to the theology of the Incarnation. The author of some
ninety works on theology, mysticism, and dogma, he is especially
known for his Opuscula Theologica et Poleinica; the Ambigua on
Gregory of Nazianzus, and the Mvstagogia, an examination of
symbolism.
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