SPEAR Factoids about Ecclesiastical History

Personal Information

Name variant(s):

the queen See factoid page

Empress Theodora See factoid page

Theodora See factoid page

Theodora See factoid page

Sex:

Empress Theodora was female. See factoid page

Theodora was female. See factoid page

Occupation(s):

Theodora was an empress. See factoid page

Theodora was an empress. See factoid page

Social Rank:

Theodora was a patrician See factoid page

Relationships

Andrew, Severus of Antioch, Theodosius, patriarch of Alexandria and Theodora, Roman empress had a professional relationship. See factoid page

Theodora, Roman empress sent a letter to Anonymous 3242. See factoid page

Theodora, Roman empress sent a letter to Stephen. See factoid page

Theodora and Anonymous 3768 had a professional relationship. See factoid page

Theodora and Anonymous 3769 had a professional relationship. See factoid page

Theodora, Roman empress and Justinian I were spouses. See factoid page

Theodora, Roman empress had enmity for Alexander of Alexandria and Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria. See factoid page

Justin I, Justinian I and Theodora, Roman empress were part of the same household. See factoid page

Events

Theodosius and the rest of the bishops were sent into exile. Along with three hundred clergy and saint Zura, they travelled to a fortress called Dereus in Thrace. They were supported in the court by Empress Theodora. See factoid page

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Theodora sent a letter to Stephen, inviting the monks to stay with her at court. See factoid page

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Convicted,John resolved to perform ordinations, journeying into the city under the pretext of illnesses and seeing physicians. His cause was made known to the queen. See factoid page

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Hala was brought to a community gathered by the queen at her palace called Hormisda. See factoid page

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Theodora allowed John to stay in a great mansion. Here John set up altars to encourage exiled Christians. See factoid page

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Theodora built a hospital on Chios. See factoid page

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Followers of the Council of Chalcedon expelled Christians from Alexandria and Mare from his desert cell. On account of the persecution,Mare resolved to travel to Constantinople to err his grievacnes with the king and queen. See factoid page

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Following the self-exile of Anthimus, Theodora hid him in one of her palaces. Only she and Anonymous 3768 and Anonymous 3769 knew about this. He remained in hiding for ten years, ending with the death of Theodora. The length of time between Anthimus' deposition and Theodora's death was 12 years and John's Ecclesiastical History says that Anthimus was in hiding for only seven years. See factoid page

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John exercised judgment when deciding who he would ordain. The jealous bishops, meanwhile, plotted to reveal John's actions to the queen. See factoid page

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John confronted Theodora about the corrupt bishops and the persecution of Christians. Theodora, angry, sought to punish the jealous bishops, but relented after John interceded on their behalf. She commanded John to cease his ordinations, something he was glad to do due to a growing illness. See factoid page

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Mare confronted Justinian and Theodora concerning the persecution. Because of his words and dress, they esteemed him a holy man, and gave him a hundred weight of gold, which he promptly threw away. See factoid page

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Abba continued to be persecuted and fled to the court of Empress Theodora. See factoid page

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Ephraim appealed to the king and queen, revealing that John was causing division by ordaining priests around the empire.Theodora, convinced that John had been laying sick in the palace, dismissed the charges. See factoid page

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Feeling guilty about the hundredweight gold,the queen sent her chamberlains several times to Mare to seek his forgiveness. See factoid page

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Observing the holiness of Mare, Satan encouraged robbers to abuse him, under the impression that the queen's chamberlains were bringing him gold. Mare overtook his assailants by stealing their weapons and attacking them. See factoid page

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After many years, Mare was fatigued due to his strenuous way of life. He sought out one of Theodora's chamberlains, who secured the goal necessary to buy a villa suited for a life of retreat. See factoid page

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Mare petitioned Justinian and Theodora for building materials and laborers so that he could build a martyr's chapel. See factoid page

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When Marefinished constructing the martyr's chapel and he knew his death was close, he knelt in his coffin to pray for three days and gave up his spirit. The king and queen sent chamberlains, senators, bishops, clergyman, and monks to bury Mare. See factoid page

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Mare sent Stephen to the Royal City to ask for relief from their distress in Petra. Stephen appealed to Theodora. She appealed to her husband Justinian. He appealed to his uncle, Justin I who stated that Mare could come to Alexandria. See factoid page

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Justinian fell ill and Theodora hid him while she convinced Zeʿora to heal the emperor. See factoid page

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Theodora commissioned the refurbishing of the palace of Hormisdas so that Anonymi 3771 could live there as in a monastery, performing acts of prayer and asceticism. See factoid page

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In 542/43 This regularized date was calculated by the SPEAR editor from a non-calendrical dating system such as regnal years, etc. During the sixteenth year of the reign of Justinian , at the request of Hereth Bar Gabala, Theodora ordered the ordination of non-Chalcedonian bishops: Jacob Baradaeus as bishop of Edessa and Theodore of Hirtha as bishop of Hirtha of the Saracens. This regularized date was calculated by the SPEAR editor from a non-calendrical dating system such as regnal years, etc. See factoid page

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Theodora convinced Justinian to preserve the palace of Hormisdas as a monastery for non-Chalcedonians and he continued to do so even after her death. Justinian upheld this commitment until his death in 565 A. D. 877 A. Gr. . See factoid page

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Stephen and the sisters of Mare, Anonymous 3606 and Anonymous 3607, received permission from Theodora to take Mare's bones to his own country. See factoid page

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James and Sergius were guests of the queen . See factoid page

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Simeon asked Theodora to send a letter to the Queen of the Persians concerning the safety of the Christian community in Persia. Theodora complied with his wish and kept the aged and very frail Simeon close to her until the end of his life. See factoid page

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