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St. Theodosia of Constantinople
July 18, Martyr
Source: Catholicsaints.info
Source: Catholicsaints.info
Also known as
• Theodosia he Konstantinoupolitissa
Memorial
• 18 July
• 29 May (Orthodox calendar)
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Nun in Constantinople. Martyred by iconoclasts for defending an icon of Christ which emperor Leo the Isaurian had ordered destroyed.
Born
• 7th century
Died
• in 729 by having a ram’s horn hammered through her neck at the Forum Bovis in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)
• interred in the church of Hagia Euphemia in the Dexiokratianai section of Constantinople
• in the 14th century the church was renamed for Saint Theodosia
Canonized
• Pre-Congregation