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Righteous Empress Aelia Flaccilla

Also known as Placilla the Empress

Wife of Emperor Theodosius the Great, a defender of the Nicene faith renowned for her personal charity to the sick and the poor (reposed c. 386).

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Of Spanish descent.

Sources: GOARCH calendar; OCA / J. Sanidopoulos cross-check