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	Pulcheria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pulcheria (January 19, 399 – 453) was the daughter of the Eastern Roman Emperor Arcadius and Aelia Eudoxia.
		Chrysaphius and Pulcheria struggled for control after Theodosius' death; Pulcheria allied with the Germanic military officers, and married one of Aspar's generals, Marcian, declaring that Theodosius had declared Marcian his successor.
		Pulcheria is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pulcheria (452 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Pulcheria
		Aelia Pulcheria, born on 19 January 399, was the daughter of the Emperor Arcadius and Aelia Eudoxia.
		Pulcheria exercised enormous influence on her brother Theodosius for considerable periods of his reign.
		Pulcheria's decision to refuse to marry probably stemmed both from genuine convictions, as evidenced by her life-long devotion to Mary, and from political considerations: by rejecting marriage, she prevented any noble who was aspiring to the throne from using her as a springboard to unseating her brother.
	www.roman-emperors.org /pulcheria.htm (2203 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saint Pulcheria
		Nevertheless, Pulcheria had always a powerful position at Court, which she used in behalf of ecclesiastical orthodoxy, as shown by her opposition to the doctines of Nestorius and Eutyches.
		Pulcheria, however, was not deterred from her determination to work against Nestorius and to persuade the emperor to espouse Cyril's party which favoured the definition of the Council of Ephesus.
		Pulcheria had the relics of the forty martyrs of Sebaste, which were found near Constantinople, transferred to a church (Sozomen, "Hist.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12561c.htm (936 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Theodosius II
		Pulcheria's most visible influence on state policy came during the ecumenical council held at Ephesus in the summer of 431.
		Pulcheria engineered opposition against Nestorius (who was the patriarch of Constantinople at the time), not so much because of his objection to the Nicene creed, but because of his rejection of the increasingly important Mother of God (Theotokos) movement.
		Pulcheria had used Cyril of Alexandria and other bishops to gain control of the religious debate in the capital and the eastern Empire.
	www.roman-emperors.org /theo2.htm (3833 words)

	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.
		On her return her position was undermined by the jealousy of Pulcheria and the groundless suspicion of an intrigue with her protégé Paulinus, the master of the offices.
		After the latter's execution (440) she retired to Jerusalem, where she was accused of the murder of an officer sent to kill two of her followers, for which act she suffered the loss of some of her imperial staff.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aelia_Eudocia (442 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 603 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		PULCHERIA (IlouAxepia), co-empress and empress of the East, a.
		Pulcheria brought about the marriage between her brother and the beautiful and virtuous Athenais (Eudoxia), and she per formed her task in so charming a manner that many a modern chaperone would do well to take her for a model (a.
		Pulcheria consequently re mained at the head of affairs, and began her second reign by inflicting the punishment of death upon the dangerous and rapacious eunuch Chrysaphius.
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	Patriarch Flavian of Constantinople - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pulcheria had devoted herself to a religious life; let the emperor order the prelate to ordain her a deaconess.
		Flavian, receiving the emperor's command to this effect, and beyond measure grieved, sent a private message to Pulcheria, who divined the scheme, and to avoid a struggle retired to Hebdomum, where for a time she led a private life (Theophanes, Chronicle).
		When Pulcheria returned to power, after her brother's death, she had Flavian's remains, which had been buried obscurely, brought with great pomp to Constantinople.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patriarch_Flavian_of_Constantinople (466 words)

	TheodosiusIIOV
		Pulcheria was a devout Christian and she had consecrated herself to a live of chastity, it was a vow she would not break during her lifetime.
		Pulcheria's influence was mostly felt in the religious arena of politics, she issued (in her brothers name of course) several strict laws against Jews, pagans and heretics.
		Pulcheria's most visible influence on state policy came during the ecumenical council held at Ephesus in the summer of 431 AD Which was set up to settle once and for all issues surrounding the nature of God.
	www.xs4all.nl /~sp88k/Coin/Traveler/Overviews/TheodosiusIIOV.htm (1171 words)

	Aelia Pulcheria - Wikipedia
		Aelia Pulcheria, seine dreizehnjährige älteste Schwester überredete ihren Bruder, den Beamten zu entlassen, der mit der Regentschaft betraut war.
		Pulcheria regierte als „jungfräuliche Prinzessin“ das Oströmische Reich, indem sie ihren jüngeren Bruder Theodosius leitete.
		Eine Plastik des Kopfes der Pulcheria, aus der Mitte des 5.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aelia_Pulcheria_Augusta (386 words)

	wiki/Pulcheria Definition / wiki/Pulcheria Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Pulcheria also convinced her brother to exile the Jews The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or a member of the Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes.
		Pulcheria is recognized as a saint General definition of saint In general, the term Saint refers to someone who is exceptionally virtuous and holy.
		Pulcheria was also the name of a daughter of Theodosius I and Aelia FlaccillaAelia Flacilla († 385), first wife of the Roman Emperor Theodosius I. Her sons were Arcadius and Honorius, her daughter Pulcheria.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Pulcheria (1621 words)

	St. Pulcheria
		But St. Pulcheria, eldest daughter of Emperor Arcadius of the Eastern Roman Empire, actually ruled her domain, and at the same time was defender of its Faith.
		Efficient Pulcheria trained her brother in piety and gentleness, but probably not enough in leadership; for the young emperor proved to be better at painting than at ruling.
		Pulcheria was recalled to court around 449, although her status as ruler was not then restored.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id781.htm (595 words)

	Chapter Old-Fashioned Farmers of Old-Fashioned Farmers by Nikolai Gogol
		Pulcheria Ivanovna noticed that her cat was missing, and sent to look for her; but no cat was to be found.
		Pulcheria Ivanovna at once ordered milk and meat to be given her, and, sitting down by her, enjoyed the avidity with which her poor pet swallowed morsel after morsel, and lapped the milk.
		Pulcheria Ivanovna reached out her hand to stroke her; but the ungrateful animal had evidently become too well used to robber cats, or adopted some romantic notion about love and poverty being better than a palace, for the cats were as poor as church-mice.
	www.bibliomania.com /0/5/140/356/8135/8.html (701 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Pulcheria
		Her father died when she was 15, and she became regent of the empire on 4 July 414 until her younger brother Theodosius was old enough to rule.
		Pulcheria took special care of her brother's education, ensuring a strong religious background.
		On the death of Theodosius, Pulcheria was recalled to be empress of the Byzantine Empire.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintp42.htm (160 words)

	Pulcheria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Pulcheria also convincedher brother to exile the Jews and destroy their synagogues in Constantinople.
		At Chalcedon Pulcheria declared Flavian of Constantinople a martyr, after his depositionat the Robber Synod and his death at the hands of the supporters of Eutyches, whom he had opposed.
		Pulcheria is recognized as a saint bythe Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
	www.therfcc.org /pulcheria-75510.html (421 words)

	Chapter I. Part III. Dostoevsky, Fyodor. 1917. Crime and Punishment. Vol. XVIII. Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Though Pulcheria Alexandrovna felt that the young man was really too eccentric and pinched her hand too much, in her anxiety over her Rodya she looked on his presence as providential, and was unwilling to notice all his peculiarities.
		Although Pulcheria Alexandrovna was forty-three, her face still retained traces of her former beauty; she looked much younger than her age, indeed, which is almost always the case with women who retain serenity of spirit, sensitiveness and pure sincere warmth of heart to old age.
		Pulcheria Alexandrovna was emotional, but not sentimental, timid and yielding, but only to a certain point.
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	Pulcheria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Pulcheria también convenció a su hermano que exile a judíos y destruyera sus synagogues en Constantinople.
		Pulcheria sintió bien a una monja, pero por 450, cuando Theodosius murió, Pulcheria había sido permitido volver a la corte.
		Pulcheria es reconocido como santo por la iglesia católica y la iglesia ortodoxa del este.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/pu/Pulcheria.htm (463 words)

	A Homily of Consolation Concerning Pulcheria
		Pulcheria also speaks of that heavenly "bridal chamber [which] is far superior, and a more fitting room exists which has no fear of widowhood" (J.466.13-19).
		Pulcheria should not be considered as sharing the same spiritual maturity as Job; nevertheless, for Gregory her tragic death is indicative of patience when confronted with the death of a loved one, especially one who has been snatched away in the "prime of life" (en te prote helikia, J.464.22-23).
		Pulcheria, J.471.13-14) In the first passage we have another reference to that celebrated though controversial term, apokatastasis, the restoration of all things [in Christ], when every type of alteration or mutability belonging to the created realm will achieve its fulfillment.
	www.bhsu.edu /artssciences/asfaculty/dsalomon/nyssa/pulch.html (5642 words)

	Historic Girls - PULCHERIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		And now there was confusion in the imperial palace; for word came in haste from the Dacian border that Ruas, king of the Huns, sweeping down from the east, was ravaging the lands along the Upper Danube, and with his host of barbarous warriors was defeating the legions and devastating the lands of the empire.
		And in the company of these, the Princess Pulcheria noted a lad of ten or twelve years--short, swarthy, big-headed, and flat-nosed, like his brother barbarians, but with an air of open and hostile superiority that would not be moved even by all the glow and glitter of an imperial court.
		And the Princess Pulcheria added, "And these, O men from the north, are to help and succor the friends of the great emperor, even as they are for the terror and destruction of his foes.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/youth/history/HistoricGirls/chap3.html (1799 words)

	St. Pulcheria, Plinio Correa de Oliveira commentary on the Saint of the Day, September 10 @ TraditionInAction.org
		Pulcheria was 15 years old when she assumed the full responsibility of government.
		Pulcheria was removed from power and withdrew from the court.
		She consecrated herself as a virgin; she was the regent of her brother; she fought against the bad influence of her sister-in-law; she was exiled but did not abandon the good cause; she returned and helped it conquer.
	www.traditioninaction.org /SOD/j091sdPulcheria_9-10.htm (1005 words)

	The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire XXXII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Yet the devotion of Pulcheria never diverted her indefatigable attention from temporal affairs; and she alone, among all the descendants of the great Theodosius, appears to have inherited any share of his manly spirit and abilities.
		Pulcheria alone discharged the important task of instructing her brother in the arts of government; but her precepts may countenance some suspicion of the extent of her capacity or of the purity of her intentions.
		Satiated with empty pomp, and unmindful perhaps of her obligations to Pulcheria, she ambitiously aspired to the government of the Eastern empire: the palace was distracted by female discord; but the victory was at last decided by the superior ascendant of the sister of Theodosius.
	www.ccel.org /g/gibbon/decline/volume1/chap32.htm (9147 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Eudocia
		She came to Constantinople to dispute this will, and was there seen by Pulcheria, the elder sister of Theodosius II, who ruled for him till he should be of age.
		Pulcheria took charge of her education in the deportment that was expected of an empress.
		It seems that after the wedding a certain rivalry began between Pulcheria and Eudocia and that this was the beginning of the empress's troubles.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05597a.htm (723 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 78 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		From dissatisfaction either at this arrangement, or at some wrong she had suffered, Athenais went to Constantinople to appeal against her brothers ; and Pulcheria, sister of Theodosius, who managed alike him and his empire, fixed on her as a suitable wife for him.
		Chrysaphius, finding that Flavian was supported by Pulcheria, who, though no longer directing the government, retained considerable influence, applied to Eudocia, whom he reminded of the grievances she had sustained " on Pulcheria's account." Eudocia, after a long continued effort, at last succeeded in alienating her husband from his sister.
		Pulcheria was forbidden the court, and retired from Constantinople; and in
	ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1186.html (998 words)

	Ancient Roman Women - 3
		Aelia Pulcheria was the sister of the Eastern Roman emperor Theodosius II.
		Pulcheria and her brother Theodosius were children of the Eastern Roman emperor Arcadius and his wife Eudoxia.
		After the death of Theodosius II in A. 450, Pulcheria married the strong and capable Marcian, an elderly senator who was known for his competence in governmental and military affairs.
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	Chapter II. Part IV. Dostoevsky, Fyodor. 1917. Crime and Punishment. Vol. XVIII. Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Dounia and Luzhin were facing one another on opposite sides of the table, Razumihin and Raskolnikov were facing Pulcheria Alexandrovna, Razumihin was next to Luzhin and Raskolnikov was beside his sister.
		Pyotr Petrovitch deliberately drew out a cambric handkerchief reeking of scent and blew his nose with an air of a benevolent man who felt himself slighted, and was firmly resolved to insist on an explanation.
		Besides, he could not endure uncertainty and he wanted an explanation: if his request had been so openly disobeyed, there was something behind it, and in that case it was better to find it out beforehand; it rested with him to punish them and there would always be time for that.
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	Coins of Arcadius and Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Pulcheria chose a bride for her brother, a young girl originally named Athenais.
		This is surprising considering that Pulcheria was opposed to the Monophysite cause.
		After the death of Theodosius II, his sister Pulcheria, who had been the dominant force behind the weak emperor, married Marcian to legitimize his claim to the throne.
	www.ruark.org /coins/Roman/9Eastern/Theo2.html (1219 words)

	Obituary of Sister Pulcheria Lager, OSB
		Sister Pulcheria began teaching in 1930 and continued in the classroom until 1979.She held a bachelor of arts degree from Mount St. Scholastica College and a master's degree from Creighton University, Omaha, Nebr. Both degrees were in education with minors in mathematics and science.
		Her last formal teaching was at Lillis High School, Kansas City, Mo. After Sister Pulcheria retired to the monastery, she tutored for Mount St. Scholastica Academy, Maur Hill, and The Mount Community Center, worked with a stamp collection and performed various domestic duties.
		Sister Pulcheria was preceded in death by five brothers and five sisters and is survived by one sister, Sister Mary Luca Lager of Atchison, and many nieces and nephews.
	www.mountosb.org /community/obits/plager.html (250 words)

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