Saint Samuel the Confessor (referred to in academic literature as Samuel of Kalamoun or Samuel of Qalamun) is a Coptic Orthodox saint venerated in all Oriental Orthodox Churches. He is most famous for his torture at the hands of the Chalcedonian but Monothelite Byzantines for his witness of the Arab invasion of Egypt and for having built the monastery that carries his name in Mount Qalamoun.
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