Isaac of Dalmatia
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Saint Isaac the Confessor, also Isaacius or Isaakios (Greek: Ἰσαάκιος or Ἰσάκιος; died May 30, 383 AD), founder of the Dalmatian Monastery in Constantinople, was a Christian monk who is honored as a saint and confessor. He is sometimes referred to as Isaac the Dalmatian, not because he came from Dalmatia, but because of the monastery which he founded.
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Saint Isaac the Confessor | |
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Venerable Confessor | |
Died | May 30, 383 Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
Feast | May 30, August 3 |
Attributes | Clothed as an Eastern monk, sometimes holding a scroll with a quotation from his hagiography, sometimes carrying a paterissa (abbot's staff) |
Patronage | Romanov dynasty |
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