Eudoxia ( grc, Εὐδοξία, ''Eudoxía''), Eudokia (, ''Eudokía'', anglicized as Eudocia) or Evdokia is a
feminine
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given name
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, which originally meant "good fame or judgement" or "she whose fame or judgement is good" in
Greek. The Slavic forms of the name are
East Slavic:
Evdokiya (russian: Евдокия), Yevdokiya ( ua, Євдокія); South Slavic:
Evdokija (Евдокија), Jevdokija (Јевдокија). It was mainly popular in
late antiquity and during the
Middle Ages, particularly in
Eastern Europe. It continues to be in use today, usually in honor of various
saint
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s.
Eudoxia became the basis for the name
Avdotia Avdotya (russian: Авдо́тья) or Avdotia is a Russian feminine given name. It is a form of the Greek name Eudoxia/Eudokia/Eudocia, held by several saints honored in the Russian Orthodox Church.
It is shared by the following people:
* Avdoty ...
, which is a popular name for women in Russia.
Eudoxia, Eudokia and Eudocia
The names Eudoxia, Eudokia, and Eudocia are interchangeable in most cases for the Wikipedia search engine.
Saints
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Eudoxia of Heliopolis (d. 120), early Christian saint and martyr
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Virgin Martyr Eudoxia at Canopus in Egypt - died 311 with sisters Theodota and Theoctiste, mother Athanasia, Saints
Cyrus and John
Saints Cyrus and John ( it, Ciro e Giovanni; ar, أباكير ويوحنا, Abākīr wa-Yūḥannā; died or 311 AD) are venerated as martyrs. They are especially venerated by the Coptic Church and surnamed Wonderworking Unmercenaries (''thaum ...
* Saint Eudocia: see below under Aelia Eudocia
Byzantine royals
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Aelia Eudoxia (c. 380–404), Byzantine empress, daughter of
Flavius Bauto and wife of Emperor
Arcadius
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Aelia Eudocia/Eudocia Augusta (c. 401–460), Saint Eudocia, Byzantine empress, wife of
Theodosius II and daughter-in-law of
Aelia Eudoxia
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Licinia Eudoxia
Licinia Eudoxia (; Greek: Λικινία, 422 – c. 493) was a Roman Empress, daughter of Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II. Her husbands included the Western Roman Emperors Valentinian III and Petronius Maximus.
Family
Eudoxia was born in ...
(422–462), Western Roman empress, daughter of
Theodosius II and
Aelia Eudocia, wife of Emperors
Valentinian III and
Petronius Maximus
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Eudocia (daughter of Valentinian III)/Princess Eudocia (439–466/474?), daughter of Emperor
Valentinian III and
Licinia Eudoxia
Licinia Eudoxia (; Greek: Λικινία, 422 – c. 493) was a Roman Empress, daughter of Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II. Her husbands included the Western Roman Emperors Valentinian III and Petronius Maximus.
Family
Eudoxia was born in ...
, wife of Vandal king
Huneric
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Fabia Eudokia (c. 580–612), Byzantine empress, wife of the emperor
Heraclius
Heraclius ( grc-gre, Ἡράκλειος, Hērákleios; c. 575 – 11 February 641), was List of Byzantine emperors, Eastern Roman emperor from 610 to 641. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, the Exa ...
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Eudoxia Epiphania (b. 611), daughter of emperor
Heraclius
Heraclius ( grc-gre, Ἡράκλειος, Hērákleios; c. 575 – 11 February 641), was List of Byzantine emperors, Eastern Roman emperor from 610 to 641. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, the Exa ...
and
Fabia Eudokia
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Eudokia (wife of Justinian II) (7th century), Byzantine empress, wife of
Justinian II
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Eudokia Ingerina (c. 840 – c. 882), Byzantine empress, wife of the 10th century Emperor
Basil I
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Eudokia Baïana (died 901), Byzantine empress, wife of
Leo VI the Wise
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Eudokia Makrembolitissa (1021–1096), Byzantine empress, wife of emperors
Constantine X Doukas
Constantine X Doukas or Ducas ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος Δούκας, ''Kōnstantinos X Doukas'', 1006 – 23 May 1067), was Byzantine emperor from 1059 to 1067. He was the founder and first ruling member of the Doukid dynasty. Duri ...
and
Romanos IV Diogenes, putative author of a dictionary of history and mythology, often referred to as "Eudocia"
* Eudokia Komnene, daughter of
John II Komnenos (1087–1143), wife of
Theodore Vatatzes
* Eudoxia, Byzantine princess, niece and mistress of
Andronikos I Komnenos (c. 1118–1185)
*
Eudokia Angelina (d. 1211, or later), Byzantine princess, consort of
Stefan the First-Crowned
Stefan Nemanja II ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Немања II, ), or Stephen the First-Crowned ( sr, / , ; – 24 September 1228), was the Grand Prince of Serbia from 1196 and the King of Serbia from 1217 until his death in 1228. He was the first ...
of Serbia
*
Eudokia Palaiologina (1265-1302), daughter of
Michael VIII Palaiologos and his wife
Theodora
Non-Byzantine royals
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Eudoxia of Moscow or of Suzdal (Yevdokia) (d. 1407), Grand Duchess of the
Grand Duchy of Moscow
The Grand Duchy of Moscow, Muscovite Russia, Muscovite Rus' or Grand Principality of Moscow (russian: Великое княжество Московское, Velikoye knyazhestvo Moskovskoye; also known in English simply as Muscovy from the Lati ...
, wife of
Dmitry Donskoy
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Eudoxia Lopukhina (1669–1731), first wife of
Peter the Great
Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
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Maria Eutokia Toaputeitou (d. 1869), queen of the Polynesian island of
Mangareva, wife of Maputeoa, mother of Joseph Gregorio II
Fiction
* Eudoxia, a fictional character in the
Anne Rice novel ''
Blood and Gold''
* Eudoxia, one of
Italo Calvino's ''
Invisible Cities''
* Eudoxia, one of the colony worlds in The Expanse (''
Babylon’s Ashes'')
* Eudoxia Vatatzes, mainspring character in
Patrick White
Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 1912 – 30 September 1990) was a British-born Australian writer who published 12 novels, three short-story collections, and eight plays, from 1935 to 1987.
White's fiction employs humour, florid prose, ...
’s novel The Twyborn Affair
Evdokia
Evdokia, one variant of the Greek name, can stand for:
*
Evdokia Bobyleva
Evdokia Fedorovna Bobyleva (russian: Евдокия Фёдоровна Бобылёва; 18 August 1919 – 29 August 2017) was a Soviet and Russian teacher who served as a deputy in the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union from 198 ...
(1919–2017), Russian teacher
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Evdokia Kadi, Cypriot singer
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Evdokia (film), a 1971 film starring Maria Vassiliou, George Koutouzis, Koula Agagiotou, and Christos Zorbas
*
Zeibekiko of
''Evdokia'' (film), the characteristic zeibekiko song
Slavic variants of the Greek name
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Avdotya Avdotya (russian: Авдо́тья) or Avdotia is a Russian feminine given name. It is a form of the Greek name Eudoxia/Eudokia/Eudocia, held by several saints honored in the Russian Orthodox Church.
It is shared by the following people:
*Avdotya ...
, Avdotia - Russian variant of the Greek name
*
Evdokija - Serbian variant of the Greek name
*
Evdokiya - Russian and Bulgarian variant of the Greek name
Places
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Eudocia (Cappadocia), an ancient city of Cappadocia
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Eudocia (Lycia)
Eudocia ( grc, Εὐδοκία) was a town in ancient Lycia.
Although William Smith's ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography'' (1854) said that the ''Synecdemus'' of Hierocles mentions four towns in Asia Minor called Eudocia (Εὐδοκία ...
, an ancient city of Lycia
*
Eudocias (Pamphylia)
Eudocias ( grc, Εὐδοκιάς) or Eudocia ( grc, Εὐδοκία) was an ancient town in the Roman province of Pamphylia Secunda, in the neighbourhood of Termessus.
According to William Smith's ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography'' (1 ...
, an ancient city of Pamphylia
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Eudocia (Phrygia)
Eudocia ( grc, Εὐδοκία), or possibly Eudocias ( grc, Εὐδοκιάς), was an ancient town in Phrygia Pacatiana. Its current location is unknown.
The ''Synecdemus'' of Hierocles mentions four towns in Asia Minor called Eudocia, includin ...
, an ancient city of Phrygia
*
Eudoxias, city and bishopric in Galatia, Anatolia
*Eudocia, former name of
Tokat, Anatolia
Ships
*, British cargo ship
See also
Eudoxus and Eudoxius are male versions of the name.
*
Eudoxus (disambiguation) Eudoxus may refer to:
*Eudoxus of Cnidus (c. 395–390 BC – c. 342–337 BC), Greek astronomer and mathematician, student of Plato
*Eudoxus of Cyzicus ( fl. c. 130 BC), Greek navigator who explored the Arabian Sea for Ptolemy VIII of Egypt
*Eudox ...
*Eudoxius can refer to (chronologically):
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St. Eudoxius of Armenia, 2nd-century Roman soldier and Christian martyr from the time of Emperor Trajan
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Holy Martyrs Eudoxius, Zeno, Macarius, and Companions (martyred 311–312); relevant here:
St. Eudoxius of Melitene
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St. Eudoxius of Sebaste, Christian martyr from the time of Emperor Licinius, martyred in 315 at Sebaste together with other Roman Christian soldiers - see
Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Nictopolion, and Companions
Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus (Styrax, Istucarius), Tobias (Pactobius), Eudoxius, Nictopolion, and Companions are venerated as Christian martyrs.
They were soldiers who were burned at the stake at Sebaste in 315 AD, during the reign o ...
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Eudoxius of Antioch (died 370), Arian bishop of Antioch and later of Constantinople
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AD 442, Year of the Consulship of Dioscorus and Eudoxius
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Eudoxius (jurist), professor and one of the 5th-century "Ecumenical Masters" at the
Law school of Berytus
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List of Byzantine emperors
This is a list of the Byzantine emperors from the foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD, which marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, to its fall to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Only the emperors who were recognized as le ...
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List of Roman and Byzantine Empresses
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