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Noun Named Entity
Categories: Eastern Orthodox saints, Late Ancient Christian female saints, 5th-century Byzantine women, 5th-century Egyptian women, Cross-dressing saints
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Theodora of Alexandria
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Theodora of Alexandria was a saint and Desert Mother who was married to a prefect of Egypt. In order to perform penance for a sin she committed, she disguised herself as a man and joined a monastery in Thebaid. Wikipedia
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Theodora of Alexandria was a saint and Desert Mother who was married to a prefect of Egypt. In order to perform penance for a sin she committed, she disguised herself as a man and joined a monastery in Thebaid. Wikipedia
Eastern Orthodox saint Wikipedia Disambiguation
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homo
cross-dressing saints
CANONIZATION STATUS
Venerable
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
Byzantine Empire
FEAST DAY
9/11
GIVEN NAME
Theodora
OCCUPATION
nun
PLACE OF BIRTH
Alexandria
PLACE OF DEATH
Thebaid
SEX OR GENDER
female
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Theodora of Alexandria
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Theodora of Alexandria

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