Michael of Synnada or Michael the Confessor was a metropolitan bishop of Synnada from 784/7 to 815.
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, and died on 23 May 826.
He is honored as a saint by the Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, his feast day is May 23.
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