The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world

Name

Theodora, Roman empress, wife of Justinian, ob. 548

Saint ID

S01608

Number in BH

-

Reported Death Not Before

548

Reported Death Not After

548

Gender

Female

Type of Saint

Monarchs and their family

Related Evidence Records

ID	Title
E03207	The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 26 June *Theodora (Roman empress, wife of Justinian, ob. 548, S01608).
E03781	The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 25 June Phebronia (virgin and martyr of Nisibis, S01632) and the birth of John (the Baptist, S00020), Theodora (Roman empress, wife of Justinian, ob. 548, S01608), and Martyrios (bishop of Jerusalem, ob. 486, S01436).
E03782	The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 26 June Theodora (Roman empress, wife of Justinian, ob. 548, S01608), Kyrillos/Cyril (bishop of Alexandria, S00874), Zechariah (father of John the Baptist, S00597) and Elisabeth (mother of John the Baptist, S01328), and probably *Olbianos (bishop and martyr of Anaea in Asia Minor, S01774).
E03788	The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 2 July in Kariath-Jearim the feast of the Arc of the Covenant, also Theodore (soldier and martyr in Amasea and Euchaita, S00480) or Theodora (Roman empress, wife of Justinian, ob. 548, S01608), Paulos (martyr in Tanis, S00982), Bilos (martyr in Tanis, S00983), Teon (martyr in Tanis, S00984), Iron (martyr in Tanis, S00985), and their companions, martyrs of Tanis, Egypt, also the Mother of God of Vlacherna, and, as an addition, Basil, the 9th c. bishop of Jerusalem.
E03869	The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 18 September *Theodora (Roman empress, wife of Justinian, ob. 548, S01608).