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Theodora Dragaš
Theodora may refer to: * Theodora (given name), a given name of Greek origin, meaning "God's gift" Historical figures known as Theodora Byzantine empresses * Theodora (wife of Justinian I) ( 500 – 548), saint by the Orthodox Church * Theodora of Khazaria, 7th-century empress, wife of Justinian II * Theodora (wife of Theophilos), 9th-century empress, saint by the Orthodox Church * Theodora (wife of Romanos I), 10th-century empress * Theodora (daughter of Constantine VII), 10th-century empress, wife of John I Tzimiskes * Theodora Porphyrogenita (c. 980–1056), empress regnant in 1042 and 1055–1056 * Theodora Palaiologina (Byzantine empress) (c. 1240–1303), wife of Michael VIII Palaiologos Trebizonian empresses * Theodora Axuchina, empress consort of Alexios I of Trebizond * Theodora of Trebizond (before 1253 – after 1285), empress regnant from 1284 to 1285 *Theodora Kantakouzene (c. 1240 – after 1290), empress consort of Alexios III of Trebizond * Theodora Kantako ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora (given Name)
Theodora (, ''Theodōra'') is a feminine given name, the feminine version of Theodore (given name), Theodore, from the Greek language, Greek ' ''theos'' 'god' + ' ''doron'' 'gift'. ''Theodora'' is first attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B syllabic script, as , ''te-o-do-ra''. The name Dorothy (given name), Dorothy (Greek: , ''Dōrothea'') contains the same word elements in reverse order. It was the name of several saints and queens, including Theodora (6th century), Theodora, a 6th-century Byzantine empress honored as a saint in the early Christian Church. Teodora, a variant, is among the top 10 most popular names for girls born in Serbia between 2003–2005. Feminine variants *Dievodora (Lithuanian language, Lithuanian) *Bohdana (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian) *Božidarka (Serbian language, Serbian) *Dora (English language, English, Indonesian language, Indonesian, Spanish language, Spanish, Bulgarian language, Bulgarian) *Théodore (French language, French) *Feod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora Tocco
Theodora Tocco (née Creusa Tocco) (died November 1429) was the first wife of Constantine Palaiologos while he was Despot of Morea. Her husband would become the last Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. Family Theodora (Creusa) Tocco was a daughter of Leonardo II Tocco, Lord of Zante. Her father was a younger brother of Carlo I Tocco, Count of Cephalonia and Leukas. Carlo would serve Ruler of Epirus from 1411 to 1429. Leonardo seems to have died early. In 1424, Carlo I adopted Creusa and her brother Carlo II Tocco. Marriage Carlo I was defeated at the Battle of the Echinades by John VIII Palaiologos in 1427. He had to withdraw from the parts of Elis under his control and relinquish his hereditary claims to Corinth and Megara. The agreement was sealed with the marriage of Creusa to Constantine Palaiologos, younger brother of John VIII. The marriage occurred in July 1428. She was converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church and took the name "Theodora". During their life tog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora (1921 Film)
''Theodora'' () is a 1921 Italian silent film dramatization of the life of the Byzantine empress Theodora. Plot Theodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Byzantine emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. However, a love affair with a handsome Greek leads to revolution and armed conflict in both Byzantium and Rome. Cast * Rita Jolivet as Teodora Augusta * Ferruccio Biancini as Justinian *René Maupré as Andreas *Emilia Rosini as Antonina *Adolfo Trouché as Belisarius *Mariano Bottino as Marcellus *Guido Marciano as Boia principale *Marie Belfiore as Tamyris *Giovanni Motta as Buzes *Leo Sorinello as Mara *G. Rosetti as Amru *Luigi Rinaldi as Calcante *Alfredo as Philo *Alfredo Bertoncelli as Euphrata *Giuliano Gardini as Cospiratore *François Renard as Cospiratore *Pietro Ferrari as Cospiratore *Alberto Belfiore as Cospiratore Production To aid the directorial staff, miniatures of all the sets to be constructed were made, allowing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora (1914 Film)
''Theodora'' () is a 1914 Italian silent historical film directed by Roberto Roberti and starring Bice Waleran.Abel p.219 Cast * Bice Waleran as Teodora * Giovanni Pezzinga * Roberto Roberti References Bibliography * Abel, Richard. ''Encyclopedia of Early Cinema''. Taylor & Francis, 2005. External links * 1914 films 1910s Italian-language films Films directed by Roberto Roberti Italian silent short films Italian historical films 1910s historical films Italian black-and-white films Italian-language historical films {{1910s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora (Handel)
''Theodora'' ( HWV 68) is a dramatic oratorio in three acts by George Frideric Handel, set to an English libretto by Thomas Morell. The oratorio concerns the Christian martyr Theodora and her Christian-converted Roman lover, Didymus. It had its first performance at Covent Garden Theatre on 16 March 1750. Not popular with audiences in Handel's day, ''Theodora'' is now recognised as a masterpiece. It is usually given in concert, being an oratorio, but is sometimes staged. Context, analysis, and performance history Handel wrote ''Theodora'' during his last period of composition. He was sixty-four years old when he began working on it in June 1749. He had written the oratorios ''Solomon'' and '' Susanna'' the previous year. ''Theodora'' would be his penultimate oratorio. ''Theodora'' differs from the former two oratorios because it is a tragedy, ending in the death of the heroine and her converted lover. It is also Handel's only dramatic oratorio in English on a Christian subje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora Of Sihla
Theodora of Sihla, Teodora or Bohdanna of the Carpathians (; born 1650 – d. ?) is a Christian ascetic and Romanian Orthodox saint, commemorated on 7 August. Life Born in Vânători-Neamț, Neamț County during the reign of Vasile Lupu, she was the daughter of the chief armourer of Neamț Citadel, the boyar Ștefan Joldea. In her youth, she was married off against her will. Being childless, both she and her husband decide to embrace monasticism, he withdrawing to under the name Elfterie, and she to . Foreign invasions prompt her to retreat into the Buzău Mountains (she is said to have also passed through the woodland hermitage Fundătura),Diana-Liana Gavrilă, ''Enigme ale trecutului îndepărtat în Munții Buzăului - Munții Buzăului între mister și realitate'', Editura Alpha MDN, 2013, p. 120, where she lived for nearly a decade (her name is mentioned in an inscription on the altar stone of the woodland hermitage at New Agaton). From here she went firstly to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora Of Arta
Theodora Petraliphaina (), canonized as Saint Theodora of Arta (; ca. 1225 – after 1270), was a consort of Epirus and an Orthodox Christian saint. Life Her life is known mostly from a short hagiography written by the monk Job, sometimes identified with the late-13th century cleric Job Iasites. In view of the many chronological and genealogical errors however, this identification is open to question. Theodora was the daughter of the ''sebastokrator'' John Petraliphas, governor of Thessaly and Macedonia. She was born in Thessalonica sometime between 1210 and 1216, and married Michael II Komnenos Doukas, the ruler of Epirus and Thessaly shortly after his accession in 1231, while still a child.Kazhdan (1991), p. 2038 Despite her being pregnant with Michael's son Nikephoros, she was soon banished from the court by her husband, who preferred to live with his mistress. Living in poverty, she endured her hardship without complaint, sheltered by a priest from the village of Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora Of Alexandria
Theodora of Alexandria (Greek: Θεοδώρα Άλεξανδρείας) was a saint and martyr who lived during the 5th century in Alexandria, during the reign of Emperor Zeno. Hagiographer Sabine Baring-Gould states that Theodora's story might have been embellished and that her biography was probably pieced together from the lives of other saints, such as Marina the Monk, another 5th century Byzantine saint who also lived as a male among monks, was accused of the same things as Theodora, and was vindicated after her death. According to one source, Theodora was "adorned with physical beauty and was devoted to her pious husband", but made the mistake of betraying him. According to legend, her husband was Gregory (or Paphnutius), prefect of Egypt and "a devout and respectable man", whom she left "out of remorse for the adultery that she committed with another man" and "to do penance for a sin she had committed", so that her husband would not find her. She clothed herself as a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora And Didymus
Saints Theodora and Didymus (died 304) are Christian saints whose legend is based on a 4th-century ''acta'' and the word of Saint Ambrose. The pair were martyred in the reigns of co-ruling Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximianus. St. Theodora should not be confused with another St. Theodora of Alexandria commemorated on September 11. Legend Theodora was a young noblewoman of Alexandria who had refused to offer sacrifice to the Roman gods. Standing trial before the prefect Eustratius, she bravely confessed herself a Christian. The prefect asked why she had not married, pointing out that she was of a noble family and beautiful and could have her choice of husbands. She replied that she had dedicated herself to God, and had resolved to remain a virgin for the name of Christ. Eustratius had her imprisoned, giving her time to reconsider, and he threatened to have her taken to a brothel if she persisted in her disobedience. Three days later, Theodora was brought again to trial, but r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora (Roman Martyr)
Theodora was a Roman martyr. The little we know about her life is attributed to the ''Acta'' of Pope St. Alexander. She was the sister of St. Hermes, to whom she had given aid and care during his difficult time in prison. She was martyred some time after her brother, in 120. The siblings were later buried side by side on the Salarian road outside of Rome. Notes External linksColonnade Statue in St Peter's Square 120 deaths Saints from Roman Greece 2nd-century Christian martyrs 2nd-century Romans Year of birth unknown Ancient Christian female saints {{Italy-saint-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Theodora Of Liechtenstein
Princess Theodora of Liechtenstein (''Theodora Alexandra Isabella Antonia Nora Marie''; 20 November 2004) is an environmentalist, equestrian, and member of the Princely family of Liechtenstein. She founded the Green Teen Team Foundation, a conservationist non-profit organization, in 2014. Early life and education Princess Theodora of Liechtenstein was born on 20 November 2004 in Chêne-Bougeries, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland to Prince Alexander of Liechtenstein, an entrepreneur, and Astrid Barbara Kohl, a German interior designer. She is the granddaughter of Prince Philipp of Liechtenstein and the great-granddaughter of Sovereign Prince Franz Joseph II and Princess Consort Gina. Theodora is a grandniece of Sovereign Prince Hans-Adam II. Princess Theodora grew up at the Villa Sant'Andrea, her family's Italian estate near Verona. The castle was formerly a Benedictine monastery. She was educated at the Aleardo Aleardi International School of Verona and St. Louis School of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora Sayn-Wittgenstein
Princess Theodora zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (''Theodora-Louise Victoria Juliana Yvonne''; born 29 December 1986) is a German aristocrat and international relations professional. After completing a degree in international relations from the University of St Andrews in 2011, she worked in Jordan for a green energy firm owned by her father, Prince Ludwig Ferdinand zu Sayn Wittgenstein-Berleburg. In 2014, Wittgenstein was arrested in Scotland and charged with breaching of the peace aggravated by religious prejudice, two counts of physical assault, and an offense under the 2012 Police and Fire Reform Act after she took off her clothes, made racist, homophobic, and anti-Muslim remarks, and physically assaulted two security personnel during an Oktoberfest party. She was fined £1,000 by Dundee Sheriff Court. In 2020, her family used the European Union's Right to be forgotten law to have Google remove 197 links from their search engine in Germany that led to articles about her arre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
