Empress Theodora
E373668
Empress Theodora was a 9th-century Byzantine empress known for restoring the veneration of icons and ending the second period of Byzantine Iconoclasm.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Empress Theodora canonical | 13 |
| Theodora (Byzantine empress) | 2 |
| Empress Theodora of Byzantium | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3602336 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Empress Theodora Context triple: [Byzantine Iconoclasm, significantPerson, Empress Theodora]
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Amma Theodora
Amma Theodora was an early Christian Desert Mother revered for her ascetic wisdom and spiritual counsel among the fourth-century monastic communities of Egypt.
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B.
Theodora
Theodora is an English-language oratorio by George Frideric Handel that dramatizes the martyrdom of the Christian saint Theodora in Roman Antioch.
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C.
Theodora
Theodora was a Roman noblewoman of the early 4th century, traditionally identified as the first wife of Emperor Constantius Chlorus and the mother of several important imperial figures.
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Theodora
Theodora is a central character in the 1963 horror film "The Haunting," known as a stylish, enigmatic woman with implied psychic sensitivity who becomes one of the guests investigating the sinister Hill House.
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E.
Theodora
Theodora was a Byzantine noblewoman of the Tocco family who became the first wife of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine emperor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Empress Theodora Target entity description: Empress Theodora was a 9th-century Byzantine empress known for restoring the veneration of icons and ending the second period of Byzantine Iconoclasm.
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A.
Amma Theodora
Amma Theodora was an early Christian Desert Mother revered for her ascetic wisdom and spiritual counsel among the fourth-century monastic communities of Egypt.
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B.
Theodora
Theodora is an English-language oratorio by George Frideric Handel that dramatizes the martyrdom of the Christian saint Theodora in Roman Antioch.
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C.
Theodora
Theodora was a Roman noblewoman of the early 4th century, traditionally identified as the first wife of Emperor Constantius Chlorus and the mother of several important imperial figures.
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D.
Theodora
Theodora is a central character in the 1963 horror film "The Haunting," known as a stylish, enigmatic woman with implied psychic sensitivity who becomes one of the guests investigating the sinister Hill House.
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E.
Theodora
Theodora was a Byzantine noblewoman of the Tocco family who became the first wife of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine emperor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine empress
ⓘ
Christian saint ⓘ Eastern Orthodox saint ⓘ regent ⓘ |
| associatedReligionEvent | end of the second Iconoclasm ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Triumph of Orthodoxy ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | saint in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ |
| child |
Saint Anastasia
ⓘ
surface form:
Anastasia
Anna ⓘ Maria ⓘ Michael III ⓘ Empress Pulcheria ⓘ
surface form:
Pulcheria
Thekla ⓘ |
| conflictWith | iconoclast officials ⓘ |
| country | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Constantinople (probable)
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantinople
|
| dynasty | Amorian dynasty ⓘ |
| event | restoration of icons in 843 ⓘ |
| feastDay |
February 11
ⓘ
First Sunday of Great Lent ⓘ |
| governmentAction | convened a synod in 843 to restore icons ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Equal-to-the-Apostles ⓘ |
| legacy | defender of Orthodox icon veneration ⓘ |
| mother | Theoktiste ⓘ |
| name | Theodora ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ending the second period of Byzantine Iconoclasm
ⓘ
restoration of the veneration of icons ⓘ support of iconophile policy ⓘ |
| opponentOf | Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ |
| origin | Paphlagonia ⓘ |
| policy | abolition of iconoclast measures ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Byzantine empress consort
ⓘ
regent of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| regency | 842–855 ⓘ |
| regentFor | Michael III ⓘ |
| reignAsEmpressConsort | 829–842 ⓘ |
| relative |
Bardas
ⓘ
Petronas ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| spouse | Theophilos ⓘ |
| spouseReign |
Theophilos
ⓘ
surface form:
Theophilos, emperor 829–842
|
| spouseTitle | Byzantine emperor ⓘ |
| successorAsRegent | Bardas ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 9th century ⓘ |
| titleAfterRegency | dowager empress ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Empress Theodora Description of subject: Empress Theodora was a 9th-century Byzantine empress known for restoring the veneration of icons and ending the second period of Byzantine Iconoclasm.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Theodora (Byzantine empress)
subject surface form:
Ignatius, legitimate Patriarch of Constantinople
subject surface form:
Ignatius, legitimate Patriarch of Constantinople
subject surface form:
Nea Moni of Chios
this entity surface form:
Theodora (Byzantine empress)
this entity surface form:
Empress Theodora of Byzantium