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Saint Theodora

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 25, 2025
Entity authorityQ7402225
Source-derived summary

Saint Theodora may refer to:

Theodora (Roman martyr) (died 120), 2nd-century Christian martyr and saint

Theodora and Didymus (died 304), early Christian martyrs

Theodora of Alexandria (5th century), Eastern Orthodox saint

Theodora (wife of Justinian I) (500–548), 6th century Byzantine (Eastern Roman) empress, wife of Justinian I, considered a saint by the Greek Orthodox Church

Theodora (wife of Theophilos) (born 815), Byzantine (Eastern Roman) empress in the 9th century

Theodora of Thessalonica (886?), Eastern Orthodox saint commemorated on April 5

Theodora of Thessaloniki (812–892), Eastern Orthodox saint commemorated on August 29

Theodora (10th century), servant of Basil the Younger

Theodora of Vasta (11th century?), Greek Orthodox saint

Theodora of Arta (са.

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The public source identifies “Saint Theodora” as wikimedia disambiguation page. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Saint, Theodora and Wikimedia.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current 111-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Saint, Theodora and Wikimedia providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from Saint Theodora” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.