Giving birth to God : the virgin empress Pulcheria and imitation of Mary in early Christian Greek and Syriac traditions
Since the 1970's, more attention has been paid to the early cult of the Mary, as well as to empresses in the Eastern Roman Empire. The Empress Pulcheria (399-453 C.E.), who was the granddaughter of Theodosius the Great, has been portrayed as the earthly image of Mary. This portrayal was in the...
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http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/975698/1/MR40848.pdfFoster, Judith Mary <http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/view/creators/Foster=3AJudith_Mary=3A=3A.html> (2008) Giving birth to God : the virgin empress Pulcheria and imitation of Mary in early Christian Greek and Syriac traditions. Masters thesis, Concordia University.