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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Eudocia
Eudocia, sometimes wrongly called Eudoxia, was the wife of Theodosius II; died c.
Eudocia and that this was the beginning of the empress's troubles.
Eudocia fell into disgrace through an unjust suspicion of infidelity with Paulinos, the "Master of the Offices".
www.newadvent.org /cathen/05597a.htm   (563 words)

  
  Eudocia Macrembolitissa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eudocia Macrembolitissa (1021 - 1096) was the second wife of the Byzantine emperor Constantine X.
However, Eudocia she did not live very happily with her new husband, who was warlike and self-willed and increasingly excluded her from power.
Michael Psellus the younger was very close to the family, and Eudocia considered him an "uncle." According to Psellus she was very noble, beautiful, and intelligent.
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 Station Information - Aelia Eudocia
After receiving baptism and discarding her former name, Athenais, for that of Aelia Licinia Eudocia, she was married to Theodosius June 7, 421; two years later, after the birth of her daughter Eudoxia, she received the title Augusta.
In the years 438-439 she made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, whence she brought back several precious relics; during her stay at Antioch she addressed the senate of that city in Hellenic style and distributed funds for the repair of its buildings.
Among her works were a paraphrase of the Octateuch in hexameters, a paraphrase of the books of Daniel and Zechariah, a poem on St Cyprian and on her husband's Persian victories.
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 Roman Emperors - DIR Aelia Eudocia
Aelia Eudocia, whose first name was Athenaïs, was born into a pagan family probably around the start of the fifth century.
In the same year (422), Eudocia gave birth to a daughter, Licinia Eudoxia, and no doubt in consequence she was made Augusta on 2 January 423.
In 443 the eunuch spatharius Chrysaphius engineered the departure of Eudocia from the capital by having her accused of adultery with Paulinus, a good-looking friend of the emperor (who had earlier been accused of sexual relations with the virgin Pulcheria by Nestorius).
www.roman-emperors.org /eudocia.htm   (2083 words)

  
 Eudocia
For twenty years Eudocia lived without scandal; she and Theodosius had three children, but only one daughter survived to adulthood, to become the wife of the Roman emperor in the west.
The only contemporary notice taken of Eudocia was that she fostered classical studies and that, although now a Christian, she continued to support the civil rights of non-Christians living in the empire.
Eudocia returned to Jerusalem, where she spent the rest of her life, building churches and monasteries with money contributed by Theodosius until his death in 450, and until her own death ten years later signing herself with the title of Augusta.
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 Aelia Eudocia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Her accomplishments attracted the attention of Theodosius' sister Pulcheria, who made her one of her ladies-in-waiting and groomed her to be the emperor's wife.
After receiving baptism and discarding her former name, Athenais, for that of Aelia Licinia Eudocia, she was married to Theodosius June 7, 421; two years later, after the birth of her daughter Licinia Eudoxia, she received the title Augusta.
In the years 438-439 she made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and brought back several precious relics; during her stay at Antioch she addressed the senate of that city in Hellenic style and distributed funds for the repair of its buildings.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aelia_Eudocia   (442 words)

  
 Roman Emperors - DIR Fabia
Eudocia's body was conveyed to the palace by boat and her funeral procession on the following day was marked by an incident which demonstrated the veneration with which the imperial family was held by the populace at large.
[[3]] Eudocia's popularity is shown not only by this incident, but by the way in which Heraclius Constantine is referred to in the Ethiopic source of John of Nikiu, as the son of Eudocia --as opposed to his step-brothers, the offspring of his father's incestuous marriage to Martina.
[[4]] Eudocia was buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles, Justinian's foundation, in a shrine of Thessalian green marble.
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The Holy Monastic Martyress Eudocia was a Samaritan, a native of the city of Iliopolis in Phoenician Lebanon.
Eudocia listened for a long time to the guidance of the elder, and her soul as it were came alive and she was filled with joy and love for Christ.
Having learned of her grief, Saint Eudocia said to Diodoros: "The time is at hand for thee to show faith in the Almighty God, Who heareth the prayers of penitent sinners and by His mercy doth grant them forgiveness".
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 78 (v. 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
She was the daughter of the sophist Leon-tius, or Leon, or, as he is called in the Paschal Chronicle, Heracleitus of Athens, where she was born.
He states, that Eudocia's administration lasted for seven years, which brings us to 449-50 as the date of her last journey to Jerusalem, a date which, from other circumstances, appears to be correct.
Eudocia, however, soothed for a time the jealousy of her husband, but it was not eradicated, as sub­sequent events shewed.
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 Eudocia (First Reign)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Eudocia Makrembolitissa was the niece of the powerful Patriarch of Constantinople Michael Cerularius, whose prosecution by the military Emperor Isaac I Comnenus (1057-1059) resulted in the latter's downfall.
Eudocia married the aristocrat Constantine Ducas, who ascended the throne as Constantine X in 1059 and reigned for eight chaotic years.
Although a capable administrator, Eudocia was entirely allied with the civilian aristocracy at time when the Empire's frontiers were crumbling, and after a brief seven month reign she was forced to marry the general Romanus Diogenes, who ascended the throne in January 1068 as Romanus IV.
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 Photograph of Eudocia Holcombe Rockett (1809 - 1879) of Spearsville, Union Parish Louisiana   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Eudocia Holcombe Rockett (30 Oct 1809 – 23 Feb 1879) was the daughter of Rev. Hosea Holcombe and his wife, Cassandra Jackson.
Eudocia was an active member of the Spearsville Baptist Church, along with her sister Teresa Holcombe Hunt and son Hosea Holcombe Rockett.
Eudocia was buried was buried in the Spearsville Cemetery near the Hunts and her sons Hosea and Tom.
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 Bryn Mawr Classical Review 1999.09.08
The simile is used in the Centos as an icon for the nausea associated with remorse: the churning and burning of a stomach...
Such analyses of Eudocia's exploitation of the resources of her Homeric matrix, though in some cases less convincing than in others, are nuanced and shrewd.
Eudocia is very well served indeed by Usher's careful and intelligent evaluation of her accomplishment as a cento author.
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 Prolog: March 1
Following her baptism, Eudocia bequeathed her entire estate to the Church to be distributed among the poor.
Eudocia lived in the convent for fifty-six years and was found worthy before God.
Eudocia is a glorious example of how a vessel of impurity can be purified, sanctified and filled with the Grace of the Holy Spirit, the precious odor of heaven.
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 Aelia Eudocia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Her accomplishments attracted the attention of Theodosius' sister (Click link for more info and facts about Pulcheria) Pulcheria, who made her one of her ladies-in-waiting and groomed her to be the emperor's wife.
This makes other details of Eudocia's activities more understandable, as for example, using her substantial influence at court to protect (A person who does not acknowledge your God) pagans and Jews.
On her return her position was undermined by the jealousy of Pulcheria and the groundless suspicion of an intrigue with her protégé (Click link for more info and facts about Paulinus) Paulinus, the master of the offices.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ae/aelia_eudocia.htm   (317 words)

  
 The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire XXXII
Athenais, who was easily persuaded to renounce the errors of Paganism, received at her baptism the Christian name of Eudocia but the cautious Pulcheria withheld the title of Augusta till the wife of Theodosius had approved her fruitfulness by the birth of a daughter, who espoused fifteen years afterwards the emperor of the West.
The fondness of the emperor was not abated by time and possession; and Eudocia, after the marriage of her daughter, was permitted to discharge her grateful vows by a solemn pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Eudocia instantly revenged them by the assassination of the count: the furious passions which she indulged on this suspicious occasion seemed to justify the severity of Theodosius; and the empress, ignominiously stripped of the honours of her rank,
www.ccel.org /g/gibbon/decline/volume1/chap32.htm   (9147 words)

  
 EUDOCIA AUGUSTA - LoveToKnow Article on EUDOCIA AUGUSTA
Her accomplishments attracted Theodosius sister Pulcheria, who took her into her retinue and destined her to be the emperors wife.
After receiving baptism and discarding her former name, AthenaIs, for that of Aelia Licinia Eudocia, she was married to Theodosius in 421; two years later, after the birth of a daughter, she received the title Augusta.
The new empress repaid her brothers by making them consuls and prefects, and used her large influence at court to protect pagans and~ Jews.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EU/EUDOCIA_AUGUSTA.htm   (356 words)

  
 The Quondam Stone
Eudocia said it would take that which was two but one to steal it and return it to the place known as the Temple of Hades on Mount Psiloreitis.
Eudocia, do I have your word that you will return Gabrielle to her family if something happens to me? Not that I expect anything to happen but I want to ease my mind." Xena explained in a serious tone.
Eudocia side flipped into the air throwing and depositing both of her daggers into the beast's chest.
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