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Saint Theophano the Empress

Also known as Theophano, wife of Leo the Wise

A Byzantine empress remembered for almsgiving, piety, and endurance in palace life, venerated soon after death for holiness and wonders.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints