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Pulcheria
Pulcheria , 399-453, Roman empress of the East (414-53), daughter of Arcadius and Eudoxia. She became coruler with her brother, Theodosius II , and regent in 414. Theodosius remained under her influence most of his life. Pulcheria took a vow of chastity and brought an almost monastic atmosphere to ... Read more
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint John Chrysostom [Gr.,=golden-mouth], c.347-407, Doctor of the Church, one of the greatest of the Greek Fathers. He was born in Antioch and studied Greek classics there. As a young man he became an anchorite monk (374), a deacon (c.381) and a priest (386). Under Flavian of Antioch he preached ... Read more
Vandals
Vandals ancient Germanic tribe. They originated in N Jutland and, along with other Germanic peoples, settled in the valley of the Oder about the 5th cent. BC They appeared in Pannonia and Dacia in the 3d cent. AD, apparently under imperial aegis. In the early 5th cent., the Vandals began a migratio... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Eudoxia"

Eudoxia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Eudoxia , d. 404, Roman empress of the East (395-404), daughter of a Frankish general and wife of Arcadius . She had a great influence...
Peter I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...at her direction, he was married to Eudoxia Lopukhin in January 1689. Still, he...personal responsibilities, even after Eudoxia had borne him a son, Alexis, in 1690...annoying presence of his unwanted wife, Eudoxia; he speedily quelled the revolt with...
Saint John Chrysostom
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...without a hearing certain monks accused of heresy. Empress Eudoxia and Theophilus, bishop of Alexandria, succeeded in having...reinforced by an opportune earthquake, and the superstitious Eudoxia had St. John recalled. He continued to attack the immorality...
Eutropius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...palace, he brought about the marriage (395) of Arcadius and Eudoxia and succeeded Rufinus as chief minister. He repelled (398...Gaïnas, the leader of the Gothic mercenaries, and Eudoxia. Although at first his life was spared through the influence...
St. John Chrysostom
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...comments on the follies and vices of life at the court created enemies, the most powerful of whom was the scheming empress Eudoxia. She found a convenient ally in Theophilus, Bishop of Alexandria, who had long harbored resentment over John's elevation...
Vandals
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Mediterranean, and even the Eastern Empire felt their power. In 455, Rome was sacked by Gaiseric's troops, and Empress Eudoxia and her two daughters were taken as hostages. The Vandals were Arian Christians, and, especially under Gaiseric and his...
Arcadius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...successively to Rufinus , Eutropius (d.399), and other ministers and was later greatly influenced by his Frankish wife, Eudoxia . During his reign, Greece was invaded (395) by Alaric I who was induced to leave in 397 by Stilicho . Arcadius put down...
Pulcheria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Pulcheria , 399-453, Roman empress of the East (414-53), daughter of Arcadius and Eudoxia. She became coruler with her brother, Theodosius II , and regent in 414. Theodosius remained under her influence most of his...

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Chrysostom, St John
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...the importance of the literal sense. In 398 he was made Patr. of Constantinople. He incurred the hostility of the Empress Eudoxia. When he sheltered the Tall Brothers , who had fled from Egypt after the condemnation of Origenism , Theophilus , Patr. of...
St John
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...He attempted to reform the corrupt state of the court, clergy, and people; this offended many, including the Empress Eudoxia, who banished him in 403. His name means ‘golden-mouthed’ in Greek. His emblem is a bee, and his...

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The empress Eudoxia and the troubadours.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 9/22/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...further negotiation, Jaume says that Eudoxia was married to Count William VIII of Montpellier...and married Agnes `of Castile'; (2) Eudoxia ended her days in the convent of Aniane...specialists, to rewrite the story of Eudoxia and the troubadours in a more prosaic...
Eudoxia Woodward, 88; painter merged science, art
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; Eudoxia Muller Woodward chose a title for an exhibition in 1977 that spoke to the tension at the heart of her paintings: "Flowers - Art...
Peter at the crossroads
Magazine article from: The Virginia Quarterly Review; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...hammers and left to die on the wheel. Lopakhin, brother of Eudoxia, the wife Peter "put away," died on the block, made to...blood of those beheaded before him. Glebov, the captain of Eudoxia's guard, lay for three days on spikes, while a sharp wooden...
The Hagia Sophia.(CULTURE)
Magazine article from: World and I; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...forty years later when John Chrysostom, the patriarch of Constantinople, clashed with the emperors wife, Aelia Eudoxia. Aelia Eudoxia was offended because she thought Chrysostom was accusing her of dressing too extravagantly. She banished Chrysostom...
Serologic evidence of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, Greece. (Letters).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...needed to clarify the presence of the HGE agent in Greece. Stella Alexiou Daniel, Katerina Manika, Malamatenia Arvanitidou, Eudoxia Diza, Nikolaos Symeonidis, and Antonis Antoniadis Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece References...
FOUNDATION GALLERY: PLACE FOR ARTISTS IN THE CITY
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/25/1987; ; 700+ words ; ...drawings for a proposed urban garden, a city oasis called "Eudoxia," and a model for a tall, skinny waterfall with the water...stepped copper ribbon between two tall pillars of granite. The "Eudoxia" proposal shows the garden in May, October and February...
BRIEFLY ON THE BOARD.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 2/1/1997; 700+ words ; ...college education. For applications, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Schenectady BPW Scholarship Committee, Eudoxia Aniolek, chair, 31 Tulip St., Schenectady, NY 12306. The Kinderhook Connection is now on the Internet at http://www...
Golden Mouth: The Story of John Chrysostom--Ascetic, Preacher, Bishop
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...by Theodosius I for an insurrection, through his fluctuating relationship with the imperial family, especially the empress Eudoxia, at Constantinople, and ending with his confrontation with Theophilus, bishop of Alexandria, that resulted in his deposition...
BUSINESSWOMEN OFFER COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/25/1996; 500 words ; ...Board of Regents. The application deadline is Friday, March 15. For an application, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Schenectady BPW Scholarship Committee, c/o Eudoxia Aniolek, 31 Tulip St., Schenectady, NY 12306.
The Mighty Fallen: King Edward VIII.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 9/29/1990; 700+ words ; ...for him, ranging from the 15-year-old Thyra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin to the hefty, musical 39-year-old Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria, and all leave for the daughters of the aristocracy was cancelled when he was in town; but he preferred the unattainable...