Ariadne (empress)

Ariadne
Augusta
Marble head identified as empress Ariadne, Louvre Museum[1]
Eastern Roman empress
1st Tenure474–475
2nd Tenure476–515
Bornbefore 457
Died515
Constantinople
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
SpouseZeno
Anastasius I
IssueLeo II
Names
Aelia Ariadne
DynastyLeo
FatherLeo I the Thracian
MotherVerina

Aelia Ariadne (Greek: Ἀριάδνη) (c. 450 – 515) was Eastern Roman empress as the wife of Zeno and Anastasius I. She is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, with her feast day falling on August 22.