Pulcheria (c.378-c.385)[1] was the daughter of the emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla.
She was born prior to her father becoming emperor in January 379,[2][3] but died in childhood, shortly before her mother.[4] In his consolatory oration on Pulcheria, Gregory of Nyssa described her as “a new-sprung blossom, with shining petals not yet lifted fully from the bud,” and vividly recalled how her death devastated the populace, indicating strong sympathy for the emperor’s family.[3]