Maria 6 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | F |
Floruit | M/L IX |
Religion | Christian |
Locations | Constantinople |
Titles | Protospatharia (dignity) |
Textual Sources | Vita Evaristi (BHG 2153), ed. C. Van de Vorst, "La Vie de S. Evariste higoumène à Constantinople", Anal. Boll. 41 (1923), pp. 295-325 (hagiography) |
Maria 6 was a protospatharia (Μαρία ἐκείνη ἡ τιμωμένη ἐν πρωτοσπαθαρίαις); she once visited St Evarestos (Evarestos 1) to ask him to pray for her to have a child; he informed her that she was already pregnant, and she gave birth eight months later: Vita S. Evaristi 39 (p. 319).
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