Also known as
    •    Theodosia he Konstantinoupolitissa

Memorial
    •    18 July
    •    29 May (Orthodox calendar)

Profile
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