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Pulcheria influenced the Christian Church and its theological development by being involved in the Council of Ephesus and guiding the Council of Chalcedon, in which the Church ruled on christological issues. The Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church subsequently recognized her as a saint.
The city of Chalcedon enjoyed considerable prestige thanks to the Ecumenical Council that was convoked there at 451 AD, after the initiative of Byzantine Emperor Marcian and Empress Pulcheria. Its aim was to denounce the decisions of the Second Council of Ephesus , commonly known as the Robber Council , in 449. [ 3 ]
Pulcheria is said to have slapped Dioscorus in the face, breaking some of his teeth, and ordered the guards to confine him, which they did pulling his beard hair. Dioscorus is said to have put these in a box and sent them back to his Church in Alexandria noting "this is the fruit of my faith." [18] [19] Marcian responded by exiling Dioscorus to ...
The color of chalcedony sold commercially is often enhanced by dyeing or heating. [4] The name chalcedony comes from the Latin chalcedonius (alternatively spelled calchedonius) and is probably derived from the town of Chalcedon in Turkey. [5] The name appears in Pliny the Elder's Naturalis Historia as a term for a translucent kind of jaspis. [6]
The Council of Chalcedon (/ k æ l ˈ s iː d ən, ˈ k æ l s ɪ d ɒ n /; Latin: Concilium Chalcedonense) [a] was the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian Church. It was convoked by the Roman emperor Marcian. The council convened in the city of Chalcedon, Bithynia (modern-day Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey) from 8 October to 1 November 451 ...
Articles relating to the Roman empress Pulcheria (reign 414/450-453). Pages in category "Pulcheria" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Marcia Euphemia was the only known daughter of Marcian, Eastern Roman emperor; her mother's identity is not preserved. [2] Ancient sources variously identify Euphemia's paternal ancestry as Thracian (Evagrius Scholasticus, quoting Priscus) [3] or Illyrian (Theodorus Lector). [4]
Pulcheria (c.378-c.385) [1] was the daughter of the emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla. She was born prior to her father becoming emperor in January 379, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] but died in childhood, shortly before her mother. [ 4 ]