Euphemia (empress)

Euphemia
Augusta
Idealized bronze head of Euphemia. C. mid fifth to earlier sixth century A.D.
Possible portrait of Euphemia, National Museum of Serbia.[1][2][3]
Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire
Tenure10 July 518 – 524?
Born5th century
Died523/524
Constantinople
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
Church of Saint Euphemia
SpouseJustin I
DynastyJustinian Dynasty

Euphemia (Greek: Εὐφημία, died 523 or 524), born Lupicina, was an Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire by marriage to Justin I.

Empress Euphemia is credited with the ecclesiastical policies of Justin and she founded a Church of Saint Euphemia, where she was buried following her death, probably in either 523 or 524. Justin was buried by her side in 527.[4]

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  2. ^ Jelena Bogdanović; Ida Sinkević; Marina Mihaljević; Cedomila Marinkovic, eds. (2023). Type and Archetype in Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture. BRILL. p. 33. ISBN 978-90-04-53778-1.
  3. ^ Rakocija, Misa (2022). "A marble statue from Nis of an early Byzantine imperial woman". Starinar (72): 253–266. doi:10.2298/STA2272253R. S2CID 256725965.
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