Theodora of Thessalonica in a fresco by Dionisius in the Ferapontov Monastery, 1502
Born
812 Aegina, Theme of Hellas, Byzantine Empire
Died
29 August 892 Thessalonica, Theme of Thessalonica, Byzantine Empire
Venerated in
Eastern Orthodox Church
Major shrine
Thessalonike
Feast
29 August
Theodora of Thessalonica (Greek: Θεοδώρα Θεσσαλονίκης; 812–892) was a Byzantine nun and saint from Aegina. Her hagiography is the longest ever written about a holy woman in Byzantine history and the Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates her feast day on 29 August.[1]
^Talbot 1996, p. 161.
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