Feast May 23
Michael of Synnada
Bishop · Feast May 23
Biography
Michael of Synnada or Michael the Confessor was a metropolitan bishop of Synnada from 784/7 to 815. He represented Byzantium in diplomatic missions to Harun al-Rashid and Charlemagne. He was exiled by Emperor Leo V the Armenian because of his opposition to iconoclasm, and died on 23 May 826. He is honoured as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, his feast day is May 23.
Feast day
May 23
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
5
Feast day of month
23
