Michael of Synnada

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Michael von Synnada (also Michael the Confessor ; † 23 May 826 ) was Bishop of Synnada from 784 . He represented Byzantium on diplomatic missions to Harun ar-Raschid and Charlemagne . Because of its resistance to the iconoclastic policies of Emperor Leo V . he was banished. Michael of Synnada is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Churches and the Roman Catholic Church . His feast day is May 23rd .

Life

Michael first entered a monastery in Hieron (Caria) , but was appointed Metropolitan of Synnada in Phrygia by the Patriarch Tarsios in 784 . In this capacity he took part in the Second Council of Nicaea .

For peace negotiations Michael traveled in 806 on behalf of Emperor Nikephorus I to the Caliph Hārūn ar-Raschīd, in 811 then on behalf of Emperor Michael I Rhangabes to the court of Charlemagne, where Michael Pope Leo III. the synodicon of the Patriarch of Constantinople, Nikephorus I , brought.

However, under Emperor Leo V, who initiated the second phase of the Byzantine Iconoclasm in 815 , he was banished. He died after long persecution and multiple stalkings on May 23, 826. The Menologion in the edition of Alexios von Maltzew gives the year 818 as the year of death.

Adoration

The troparion , which is sung in his honor on his memorial day, refers to his posture during the pictorial argument:

“As an all-honored high priest and sufferer consecrated to piety, you have defeated the heretic resistance of the same without fear of the prohibition of the wrongdoer, calling out in a free and loud voice: I worship the image of Christ and his all pure mother! That is why we adore you, oh Michael! "

Relics of the saint are in the monasteries of Megisti Lavra and Iviron on Mount Athos.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Steven Bigham: Heroes of the Icon. People, places, events. Oakwood Pubns, 2000, ISBN 978-1-879038-912 , p. 111.
  2. ^ St. Patrick Catholic Church. Saint of the Day. saintpatrickdc.org. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b c Neophytos Edelby: Liturgikon. Missal of the Byzantine Church . Atelier Pfeifer, Recklinghausen 1967, p. 902 .
  4. ↑ St Michael, Bishop of Synnada , Serbian Orthodox Church
  5. ^ St Michael the Confessor the Bishop of Synnada. Orthodox Church in America . May 23, 2013, accessed May 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ a b c Alexios von Maltzew: Menologion of the Orthodox-Catholic Church of the Orient. Part II (March-August) . Berlin 1901, p. 348 .
personal data
SURNAME Michael of Synnada
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Michael the Confessor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Synnada
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 826