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Euphemia
6th-century Byzantine empress
SaintByzantine EmpirePre-congregation
Born
500
Died
523
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Euphemia (Greek: Εὐφημία, died 523 or 524), born Lupicina, was an Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire by marriage to Justin I.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Wikidata Q508645 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Euphemia (empress) (CC BY-SA)
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