Back إيليا أودوتشا Arabic ايليا يودوكيا ARZ Elia Eudocia AST Елия Евдокия Bulgarian Aelia Eudocia Breton Eudòxia Augusta Catalan Aelia Eudocia Czech Aelia Eudocia Danish Aelia Eudocia German Αιλία Ευδοκία Greek
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 Portrait of an empress in the Acropolis Museum in Athens, likely Aelia Eudocia. | |||||
| Roman empress | |||||
| Tenure | 7 June 421 – 28 July 450 | ||||
| Born | Athenais c. 400 Athens | ||||
| Died | 20 October 460 (aged aprox. 60) Jerusalem | ||||
| Spouse | Theodosius II | ||||
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| Father | Leontius | ||||
Aelia Eudocia Augusta (/ˈiːliə juːˈdoʊʃə ɔːˈɡʌstə/; Ancient Greek: Αιλία Ευδοκία Αυγούστα; c. 400 – 460 AD), also called Saint Eudocia, was an Eastern Roman empress by marriage to Emperor Theodosius II (r. 408–450). Daughter of an Athenian philosopher, she was also a poet, whose works include Homerocentones, or Homeric retellings of Biblical stories.[2] After an estrangement with Theodosius, she permanently settled in Jerusalem, where she supported the local population.
- ^ Empress after Aelia Flaccilla adopted "Aelia" as a title, which was then shown in their coinage. Grierson, Philip; Mays, Melinda (1992). Catalogue of Late Roman Coins: From Arcadius and Honorius to the Accession of Anastasius. Dumbarton Oaks. p. 7. ISBN 9780884021933.
- ^ Kelly 2013, p. 31.