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Sophia (Roman empress) - ܡܠܟܬܐ / ܐܢܬܬܗ

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“Sophia was the niece of the empress Theodora and the wife of Justin II. She was very influential during his reign from 565 to 578 and preserved her exalted status under Tiberius and Maurice. John of Ephesus blames her for participating in the persecution of the miaphysites in the early 570s. In Joh. Eph., EH 2.10, he even claims that she had originally been a miaphysite and only turned to the Chalcedonian communion for supporting the imperial ambitions of her husband Justin.” 3

Names

  • ܣܘܦܝܐ1
  • Sophia (Roman empress)
  • ܡܠܟܬܐ / ܐܢܬܬܗ
  • Aelia Sophia2

Floruit

565-578

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  • 1 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 52; 70; 71; 118; 125; 131; 132; 133; 134; 135; 139; 150; 151, chapter: 3.2.10; 3.3.4; 3.3.7; 3.3.8; 3.3.9; 3.3.10; 3.3.14; 3.3.23; 3.3.24.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 J. R. Martindale, A.D. 527-641 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992)., entry: Aelia Sophia 1, p: 1179-1180.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 J. R. Martindale, A.D. 527-641 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992)., p: 1179-1180.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 52; 70; 71; 118; 125; 131; 132; 133; 134; 135; 139; 150; 151.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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