Birthdate: 0580 AD
Birthplace: Constantinople, Turkey
Died: August 13, 0662
Maximus the Confessor started his career in the Byzantine government before becoming a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. He studied various philosophies, including Aristotle and Plato, and became involved in the Christological debate on Monothelitism. Despite persecution and exile, his views were later affirmed by the Third Council of Constantinople.
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