List of Confessors

The Confessor (short for Confessor of the Faith) is a title bestowed by the Christian Church. Those so honored include:

• Basil the Confessor (died 750), Eastern Orthodox saint and monk
• Saint Chariton, 3rd-4th-century saint
• Edward the Confessor (1003/1005–1066), one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England, Roman Catholic saint
• Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1497–1546), early champion of the Protestant Reformation
• George the Confessor (died 814), Bishop of Antioch in Pisidia
• George the Standard-Bearer (died 821), Archbishop of Mytilene
• Isaac of Dalmatia (died 383 or 396), Orthodox saint, monk and founder of a monastery
• Jacob of Nisibis (died 4th century), Bishop of Nisibis
• Luka (Voyno-Yasenetsky) (died 1961), Eastern Orthodox saint and bishop
• Pope Martin I (590/600–655), Catholic and Orthodox saint
• Maximus the Confessor (c. 580–662), Byzantine civil servant, Christian monk, theologian and scholar
• Michael of Synnada (died 826), Catholic and Orthodox saint, bishop of Synnada
• Nicetas of Medikion, (died 824), iconophile monk and Orthodox saint
• Nicetas the Patrician (761/62–836), iconophile monk and Orthodox saint
• Paphnutius of Thebes (died 4th century), bishop and saint
• Paul I of Constantinople (died c. 350), bishop of Constantinople, Roman Catholic and Orthodox saint
• Samuel the Confessor (597–693), Coptic Orthodox saint, founder of a monastery
• Theophanes the Confessor (c. 758/760–817/818), Byzantine aristocrat, monk and chronicler, Roman Catholic and Orthodox saint