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Theodora (Visigothic Queen)
Theodora is a given name of Greek origin, meaning "God's gift". Theodora may also refer to: 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 (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 Kantakouzene (wife of Alexios IV of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora (given Name)
Theodora ( el, Θεοδώρα, ''Theodōra'') is a feminine given name, the feminine version of Theodore, from the 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 (Greek: , ''Dōrothea'') contains the same word elements in reverse order. It was the name of several saints and queens, including 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. Theodora, the Wicked Witch of the West (played by Mila Kunis) 2013 Disney fantasy adventure film, '' Oz: The Great and Powerful'' (2013). Feminine variants *Dievodora ( Lithuanian) *Bohdana (Ukrainian) *Dora (English, Spanish, Bulgarian) *Théodore ( French) *Feodora, Fedora - Феодора, Федора (Russian) *Tea, Teja (Finnish), German, Scandinavian, Slovenian, Croat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora Tocco
Theodora Tocco (née Maddalena 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 Maddalena 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 Maddalena 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 Maddalena 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 together, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Theatrical Productions
Disney Theatrical Productions Limited (DTP), also known as Disney on Broadway, is the flagship stageplay and musical production company of the Disney Theatrical Group, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios, a major business unit of The Walt Disney Company. Founded in 1993 by longtime Disney Entertainment veteran Ron Logan as Walt Disney Theatrical, the division has gained a reputation within the industry for creating several professional and popular (both critically and financially) performances, starting with ''Beauty and the Beast'' on April 18, 1994. Its 1994 investment in taking over the New Amsterdam Theatre spurred a revitalization of Broadway theatre. The company is a division of Disney Theatrical Group, led by Thomas Schumacher. History Walt Disney Theatrical Production, Ltd. (DTP) was formed on with Ron Logan, Disney Park's live production head, as president to produce ''Beauty and the Beast''. ''Beauty and the Beast'' opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oz The Great And Powerful
''Oz the Great and Powerful'' is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi and written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner from a story by Kapner. Based on L. Frank Baum's early 20th century ''Oz'' novels and set 20 years before the events of the original 1900 novel, the film is a spiritual prequel to the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film '' The Wizard of Oz''. Starring James Franco in the title role, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King, William Bock, and Tony Cox, the film tells the story of Oscar Diggs, a deceptive magician who arrives in the Land of Oz and encounters three witches: Theodora, Evanora, and Glinda. Oscar is then enlisted to restore order in Oz while struggling to resolve conflicts with the witches and himself. Kapner began developing an origin story for the Wizard of Oz after a lifelong interest in wanting to create one for the character. Walt Disney Pictures commissioned the film's production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Studio; it also operated under the names the Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before changing its name to the Walt Disney Company in 1986. Early on, the company established itself as a leader in the animation industry, with the creation of the widely popular character Mickey Mouse, who is the company's mascot, and the start of animated films. After becoming a major success by the early 1940s, the company started to diversify into live-action films, television, and theme parks in the 1950s. Following Walt's death in 1966, the company's profits began to decline, especially in the animation division. Once Disney's shareholders voted in Michael Eisner as the he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora (1921 Film)
''Theodora'' ( it, Teodora) 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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora (1914 Film)
''Theodora'' (Italian:''Teodora'') is a 1914 Italian silent historical film directed by Roberto Roberti and starring Bice Valerian.Abel p.219 Cast * Bice Valerian as Teodora * Giovanni Pezzinga * Roberto Roberti Vincenzo Leone (24 July 1879 – 10 January 1959), known professionally as Roberto Roberti, was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. He made over sixty films, mostly during the silent era. He was married to the actress Bice Valeria ... 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 {{historic-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 subject. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora Of Sihla
St. Theodora of Sihla (born 1650 – d. ?) is a Romanian Christian Orthodox saint, commemorated on August 7. 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 Poiana Mărului monastery under the name Elfterie, and she to Vărzărești. 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 Neamț monastery, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora Of Arta
Theodora Petraliphaina ( el, Θεοδώρα Πετραλίφαινα), canonized as Saint Theodora of Arta ( el, Αγία Θεοδώρα της Άρτας; 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 Thessaloniki 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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora Of Alexandria
Theodora of Alexandria was a saint and Desert Mother who was married to a prefect of Egypt. In order to perform penance for adultery, she disguised herself as a man and, pretending to be a eunuch, joined a monastery in the Thebaid. Her true identity as a woman was discovered only after her death. A rare image of Theodora in Western art is a print by Bernardino Capitelli, made in 1627 for Theodora Costa dal Pozzo, showing the saint disguised as a monk and caring for the child she was accused of fathering (Vienna: Graphische Sammlung Albertina). Theodora is honored with a Lesser Feast (with Sarah, and Syncletica) on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America The Episcopal Church, based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop o ... on 5 January. References {{au ... [...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, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
