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https://spear-prosop.org/839-14
Date: From 0538 to 0548-06-28Certainty: eventEvent Factoid: Following the self-exile of Anthimus, Theodora hid him in one of her palaces. Only she and Anonymous 3768 and Anonymous 3769 knew about this. He remained in hiding for ten years, ending with the death of Theodora.

Sources:

  • E. W Brooks, trans.,Lives of the Eastern Saints II,Patrologia Orientalis 18.4 (1924), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient18pariuoft#page/n521/mode/2up, p: 686-87.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • E. W Brooks, trans.,Lives of the Eastern Saints II,Patrologia Orientalis 18.4 (1924), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient18pariuoft#page/n521/mode/2up, p: 686 n. 1.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
The length of time between Anthimus' deposition and Theodora's death was 12 years and John's Ecclesiastical History says that Anthimus was in hiding for only seven years.
  • E. W Brooks, trans.,Lives of the Eastern Saints II,Patrologia Orientalis 18.4 (1924), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient18pariuoft#page/n521/mode/2up, p: 686 n. 1.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

    • How to cite:

    Daniel L. Schwartz, https://spear-prosop.org/839-14, in The Lives of the Eastern Saints: A SPEAR Prosopography, edited by Daniel L. Schwartz, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, 2025-07-01.

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