Hypatia 4

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexF
FloruitE IX
Dates821 (tpq) / 823 (taq)
PmbZ No.2607
ReligionChristian
OccupationNun
Textual SourcesActa Davidis, Symeonis et Georgii (BHG 494), ed. J van den Gheyn, Anal. Boll. 18 (1899), pp. 211-259 (hagiography)

Baptised Hypatia; when Hypatia 4 became a nun she took the name Febronia; daughter of a rich and pious family, she was determined to become a nun against the wishes of her mother; she lost her voice and was only cured by Symeon the Stylite (Symeon 13); Symeon 13 then gave the tonsure to her, her mother and her sister, and gave her the name Febronia; this happened during the rebellion of Thomas the Slav (Thomas 7) (821/823): Acta Davidis, Symeonis et Georgii 19 (234, 7-236, 8)(?).

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