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39: 92: 31: 38: 187:, where she retired after Michael's death, and where she was buried. It later became known as the Church of St. Theodora, and her tomb became the site of pilgrimage, as many miracles have been attributed to it. She is the patroness saint of Arta, and is commemorated by the 147:, she was soon banished from the court by her husband, who preferred to live with his mistress. Living in poverty, she endured her hardship without complaint, sheltered by a priest from the village of 111:
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.
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As consort of Epirus, Theodora is reported to have favoured closer ties with Epirus' traditional rival for the succession of the
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and Thessaly shortly after his accession in 1231, while still a child. Despite her being pregnant with Michael's son
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as accompanying her son Nikephoros for his betrothal and later his marriage to
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Theodora also founded the convent of St. George in the Epirote capital,
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Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints' Lives in English Translation]
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By her marriage with Michael she had six children, including:
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Theodora Petraliphaina


Greek
canonized
Arta
Greek
consort
Epirus
Orthodox Christian

Arta, Greece
hagiography
sebastokrator
John Petraliphas
Thessaly
Macedonia
Thessalonica
Michael II Komnenos Doukas
Epirus
Nikephoros
Prinista
Byzantine
Empire of Nicaea
George Akropolites
Maria
Theodore II Laskaris
despotes
Arta
Orthodox Church

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