Right-believing (Ruler) · 6th century
Saint Theodora the Empress wife of Justinian
Also known as Empress Theodora
Wife of Emperor Justinian, remembered in Orthodox tradition for repentance and pious rule after an earlier dissolute life.
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Notes
Distinct from Theodora the Empress who restored the icons (OS-0637); historical complexity around her Monophysite sympathies is noted.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints