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- St Maximos the Confessor (662)
- He was from a noble family in Constantinople, and became the private
secretary of the Emperor Heraclius and his grandson Constans. But when
the Monothelite heresy (that Christ possesses one divine will, rather
than a divine and a human will) took hold in the Imperial court, the
Saint could not bear to be surrounded by this error and left the court
for the Monastery at Chrysopolis, where in time he became the abbot.
From the monastery he continued to speak and write in defense of
Orthodox belief. The Emperor Constans ordered him either to accept
Monothelite belief or to cease speaking against it, but St Maximos would
do neither. For this, his tongue was torn out, his right hand was cut
off, and he was sent into exile, where he reposed in 662. He is also
commemorated on January 21; see that day for a slightly fuller account.
source: http://www.abbamoses.com
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