Hosius the Confessor

Confessor

Commemorated August 27

Our father among the saints Hosius the Confessor, Bishop of Córdoba (ca.256-358 AD), also known as Osius or Ossius , was a Spanish bishop of Córdoba, Spain for more than sixty years during the fourth century. As an ecclesiastical adviser to Emperor Constantine the Great he was one of the chief defenders of Orthodoxy in the West against the early Donatists and in the Arian controversy, which divided the fourth century early Christian Church. Hosius is generally believed to have presided at the First Ecumenical Council in Nicea . His feast day is celebrated on August 27 .

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