person
Maximus the Confessor
Also known as Maximos Homologetes
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- born. 579high · Wikidata P569
- died. 662-08-13high · Wikidata P570
Monk and theologian (c. 580-662) who opposed Monothelitism, helped at the Lateran Synod of 649 and was mutilated and exiled.
Wikipedia extract
Maximus the Confessor, also spelled Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople, was a Christian monk, theologian, and Neoplatonic scholar.
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- Maximus the Confessor · Wikipedia contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata Q206842 · Wikidata contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC0 1.0
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1912) article · Various (Catholic Encyclopedia)Accessed 2026-11-12 · 1907-1912 text public domain in the US; dated and confessional, use for history of reception
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- VIAF 106970843
- Library of Congress n79055110
- Trismegistos author 2999
- Pinakes 1832
- Catholic Encyclopedia 10078b
christology · monothelites · 7th-century