What is Maximus the Confessor?
{{Infobox Saint |name=Saint Maximus |birth_date=c. 580 |death_date=13 August, 662 |feast_day=13 August ([[Gregorian Calendar]]), 21 January or 13 August ([[Julian Calendar]]) |venerated_in=[[Eastern Christianity]] and [[Western Christianity]] |image=Maximus_Confessor.jpg |imagesize=180px |caption=Icon of St. Maximus |birth_place=[[Constantinople]] or [[Palestine]] |death_place=exile in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] ([[Eurasia]]) |titles=Confessor, Theologian, Homogoletes |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date=pre-[[Congregation for the Causes of Saints|congregation]] |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |attributes= |patronage= |major_shrine= |suppressed_date= |issues= |prayer= |prayer_attrib= }} '''Saint Maximus the Confessor''' (also known as '''Maximus the Theologian''' and '''Maximus of Constantinople''') (born 580 – 13 August, 662) was a [[Christian]] monk, [[Theology|theologian]], and scholar. In his early life, he was a [[Civil service|civil servant]]. He was also an [[wikt:aide|aide]] to the [[Byzantine Emperor]] [[Heraclius]]. However, he gave up this life to become a monk. ==Further reading== *''Maximus Confessor: Selected Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality)''. Ed. George C. Berthold. Paulist Press, 1985. {{ISBN|0-8091-2659-1}}. *''St. Maximus the Confessor: The Ascetic Life, The Four Centuries on Charity (Ancient Christian Writers)''. Ed. Polycarp Sherwood. Paulist Press, 1955. {{ISBN|0-8091-0258-7}}. *''Maximus the Confessor and his Companions (Documents from Exile) (Oxford Early Christian Texts)''. Ed. and Trans. Pauline Allen, Bronwen Neil. [[Oxford University Press]], 2004. {{ISBN|0-1982-9991-5}}. == Other websites == * [http://www.ellopos.net/blog/?p=59 Selected works] of Saint Maximus Confessor * [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10078b.htm Maximus Confessor] in the Catholic Encyclopedia * [http://www.catholic-forum.com/Saints/saintm96.htm Maximus Confessor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625134928/http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintm96.