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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Theodora, martyr venerated at Constantinople

Saint ID

S02277

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E05746John Malalas, in his Chronographia (18.137), mentions the dedication of the church of *Theodora (martyr venerated in Constantinople, S02277) in Constantinople in August 562; organised by the emperor Justinian, the festivities included an exhibition of silver goods and festal illumination. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the 560s.