Topic summary
Porphyrogennetos
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Born in the purple.
Porphyrogeniture
The concept of porphyrogénnētos (literally meaning "born in the purple") was known from the sixth century in connection with growing ideas of , but the first secure use of the word is not found until 846. The term became common by the 10th century, particularly in connection with Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (r. 913–959), and its use continued into the Palaiologan period. Constantine VII described the ceremonies which took place during the birth of a porphyrogénnētos boy in his work De Ceremoniis aulae byzantinae.