Theodora
Proper noun
Meaning
Theodora
A female given name from Ancient Greek, most famously borne by two empresses of Byzantium.
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Now don't you dare call me normal. I was never a Pollyanna. There was always a lot of Theodora in me.
According to tradition, a missionary sent by Byzantine empress Theodora arrived in Nobatia and started preaching the gospel about 540 AD.
A missionary sent by Byzantine empress Theodora arrived in Nobatia and started preaching Christianity about 540 AD.
In 1356 Orhan and Theodora 's son, Khalil, was abducted somewhere on the Bay of Izmit.
J.J.Norwich (1996) Byzantium: the Decline and Fall, Penguin, London Chp.18 The splendour of the wedding between Orhan and Theodora at Selymbria ( Silivri ) is elaborately described by Byzantine writers.
Orhan already had several other wives, and although Theodora was permitted to keep her religion, she was required to spend the rest of her life in an Islamic harem.