'''Confessor''' is a title used within [[Christianity]] in several ways.
==Confessor of the Faith==
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Its oldest use is to indicate a [[saint]] who has suffered [[persecution of Christians|persecution]] and torture for the faith, but not to the point of death. The term is still used in this way in the [[Eastern Christianity|East]]. In [[Latin Church|Latin Christianity]] it has come to signify any saint, as well as those who have been declared blessed, who cannot be categorized by another title: [[martyr]], [[Twelve apostles|apostle]], [[Evangelism|evangelist]], or [[Virgin (title)|virgin]]. As Christianity emerged as the dominant religion in Europe, persecutions became rare, and the title was given to saints who lived a holy life and died in peace. Perhaps the most well known example is the [[King of England|English king]] [[Edward the Confessor|St. Edward the Confessor]].
