Saint Theophanes the Chronicler

Theophanes the Confessor, or Theophanes of the Great Field (c. 759 – 817 or 818), was a Byzantine aristocrat who later became a monk and chronicler. He served in the court of Emperor Leo IV the Khazar before embracing monastic life. Theophanes played a significant role in resisting iconoclasm, particularly under the reign of Leo V the Armenian, for which he faced imprisonment....