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Michael of Synnada (Michael the Confessor) (died 818) was a bishop of Synnada from 784.〔Steven Bigham (editor),''Heroes of the Icon: People, Places, Events'' (2000), p. 111.〕 He represented Byzantium in diplomatic missions to Harun al-Rashid and Charlemagne. He was exiled by Emperor Leo V the Armenian because of his opposition to iconoclasm. Honored by the Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, his feast day is May 23. ==Life== Michael was much influenced by Patriarch Tarasios of Constantinople, who sent him to a monastery on the coast of the Black Sea. An associate of Saint Theophylact of Nicomedia, once during a harvest in a time of drought, they caused rainfall through their prayers.〔("St Michael the Confessor the Bishop of Synnada", Orthodox Church in America )〕 Patriarch Tarasius consecrated Michael Bishop of the city of Synnada. He was present at the Seventh Ecumenical Council at Nicea in 787.〔 At the request of the Emperor, he visited Caliph Harun al-Rashid to conduct peace negotiations.〔("St Michael, Bishop of Synnada", Serbian Orthodox Church )〕 He also carried out diplomatic missions for Byzantium at the court of Charlemagne. He clashed with the Emperor Leo the Armenian over Leo's policy of iconoclasm, and was exiled,〔 where he died on 23 May, 826,〔(Pétridès, Sophrone. "Synnada." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 25 Jan. 2014 )〕 in want and poverty, faithful to Orthodoxy to the end.〔 He died in 818.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael of Synnada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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