Illuminated donor portrait of Theodora Palaeologina Synadene as nun Theodule and her daughter Euphrosyne Palaelogina Synadene, from the Typikon of the Monastery of Our Lady of Certain Hope ("Lincoln Typicon").
Both of Theodora's parents died when she was young and unmarried, after which time she was brought up under the guardianship of her paternal half-uncle, the emperor
Michael VIII.[1]
It was not long after the death of her husband that Theodora decided to create the convent of Bebaia Elpis ("Sure Hope"[6]) in
Constantinople, bringing her daughter, Euphrosyne, along with her.[7] Sometime in the 14th century, she wrote the Typicon of Bebaia Elpis
The exact year of Theodora's death is unknown, though it was certainly in the 14th century.
Footnotes
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ab'Typikon of Theodora Synadene for the Convent of the Mother of God Bebaia Elpis in Constantinople' (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot), 8
^'Typikon of Theodora Synadene for the Convent of the Mother of God Bebaia Elpis in Constantinople' (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot), 116
^'Typikon of Theodora Synadene for the Convent of the Mother of God Bebaia Elpis in Constantinople' (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot), 118
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ab'Typikon of Theodora Synadene for the Convent of the Mother of God Bebaia Elpis in Constantinople' (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot), 119
^'Typikon of Theodora Synadene for the Convent of the Mother of God Bebaia Elpis in Constantinople' (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot), 135
^Thomas, J. & Hero, A.C. (eds.), Byzantine Foundation Documents (2000), p. 1512
^'Typikon of Theodora Synadene for the Convent of the Mother of God Bebaia Elpis in Constantinople' (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot), 8-9
References
'Typikon of Theodora Synadene for the Convent of the Mother of God Bebaia Elpis in Constantinople' (trans.
Alice-Mary Talbot) from Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents: A Complete Translation of the Surviving Founder's Typika and Testaments, Thomas, J. & Hero, A.C. (eds.) (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington D.C. 2000)
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Thomas, J. & Hero, A.C., Byzantine Foundation Documents (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington D.C. 2000)