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Venerable

Anthony the Confessor
Archbishop of Thessalonica
ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
DioceseMetropolis of Thessaloniki
AppointedMethodios I of Constantinople
In officeca. summer 843 - 2 November 843
PredecessorLeo the Mathematician
SuccessorBasil II
Other post(s)Archbishop of Dyrrachium (ca. 815–?)
Personal details
Died2 November 843
Sainthood
Feast day2 November

Anthony the Confessor (Greek: Άντώνιος ό Ομολογήτης; died 2 November 843) was the archbishop of Thessalonica from 843 to his death. Most of his life is known through the vita of his relative Theodora of Thessalonica and he is venerated like her by the Eastern Orthodox Church on 2 November.[1]

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