Flacilla

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Flacilla was a Roman empress and the first wife of Emperor Theodosius I, known for her piety and charitable works in the late 4th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine empress
Christian
Roman empress
noblewoman
activePeriod reign of Theodosius I
approximateDeathDate c. 386–388
associatedWith Theodosian dynasty
burialPlace Constantinople
buriedIn Church of the Holy Apostles
century 4th century
child Arcadius
Honorius
Pulcheria (daughter of Theodosius I)
country Roman Empire
court Constantinople imperial court
courtCity Constantinople
deathPlace Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
diedIn Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
dynasty Theodosian dynasty
era Late Antiquity
givenName Aelia Flaccilla
honoredAs model Christian empress
husband Theodosius I
knownFor charitable works
piety
support of Nicene orthodoxy
support of the poor and sick
language Latin
motherOf Arcadius
Honorius
Pulcheria (daughter of Theodosius I)
opposed Arianism
positionHeld Augusta
praisedBy Gregory of Nyssa
praisedFor almsgiving
care for the disabled
humility
predecessorAsEmpress Justina (in the West, contemporary imperial consort)
relativeByMarriage Gratian
linked to: Gratian the Elder

Valentinian II
religion Nicene Christianity
role imperial patron of charitable institutions
spouse Theodosius I
status first wife of Theodosius I
successorAsEmpress Galla (wife of Theodosius I)
linked to: Aelia Galla
supported Nicene bishops
title Augusta of the Eastern Roman Empire
Empress of the Romans
linked to: Empress of Rome

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Valens dynasty notableMember Flacilla