Pulcheria (daughter of Theodosius I)

Aelia Pulcheria (c.378-c.385)[1][2][3][4]was the daughter of Roman Emperor Theodosius I and Roman Empress Aelia Flaccilla.

She died in childhood, shortly before her mother.[5]After her death, Gregory of Nyssa delivered a consolatory oration on her.[6]

References
  1. Doyle, Chris (2018-08-06). Honorius: The Fight for the Roman West AD 395-423. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-27807-8.
  2. Williams, Stephen, Theodosius: The Empire at Bay, Yale University Press, 1994, p. 27
  3. Holum, Kenneth G. (1989-10-25). Theodosian Empresses: Women and Imperial Dominion in Late Antiquity. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-90970-0.
  4. Jones, A.H.M.; Martindale, J.R. (1971). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. I: AD 260–395. Cambridge University Press. p.755
  5. Gregory of Nyssa, A Funeral Oration for the Empress Flaccilla, J.481
  6. Gregory of Nyssa, A Homily of Consolation Concerning Pulcheria


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