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This category is for Christian female saints of the eastern part of the Roman Empire from the first splitting of the Empire into Western and Eastern jurisdictions under Diocletian in 285. It includes saints from the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire , while the Western Roman Empire was still in existence until the fall of ...
Another title often used was caesaraea (Greek: καισᾰ́ρειᾰ, kaisáreia), the female form of caesar. In Greek, a common title was βᾰσῐ́λῐσσᾰ (basílissa), the female form of basileus, and αὐτοκράτειρα (autokráteira), the female form of autokrator (the Greek equivalent to imperator).
The Byzantine Empire was a monarchy, and as in many other monarchies, the royal system allowed for women to participate in politics as monarchs in their own name or as regents in place of a husband or son. Many royal women are known to have participated in politics during the centuries.
Byzantine female saints (1 C, 20 P) C. Consorts of Epirus (9 P) D. Daughters of Byzantine emperors (1 C, 50 P) E. Wives of Byzantine emperors (1 C, 1 P)
The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Only the emperors who were recognized as legitimate rulers and exercised sovereign authority are included, to the exclusion of junior co-emperors who never attained the status of sole or senior ruler, as well as of the various usurpers or rebels who ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:6th-century Byzantine people. It includes Byzantine people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
Byzantine female saints (1 C, 20 P) D. ... Pages in category "Christian female saints of the Middle Ages" The following 132 pages are in this category, out of 132 total.
Empresses bearing pagan names—e.g. Aelia Eudocia, formerly Athenaïs—were renamed to have more Christian names, sometimes for an earlier empress. A few empresses such as Theodora, wife of Justinian, were also allegedly renamed. Late Byzantine empresses bore Greek names since the principal language of the Byzantine Empire was not Latin but ...