Euphemia (empress)

Euphemia (Greek: Εὐφημία, died 520s), born Lupicina, was an Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire by marriage to Justin I.

Euphemia
Augusta
Possible portrait of Euphemia, National Museum of Serbia.
Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire
Tenure10 July 518 – 524?
Born5th century
Died523/524
Constantinople
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
Church of Saint Euphemia
SpouseJustin I
DynastyJustinian Dynasty

Empress Euphemia is credited with the ecclesiastical policies of Justin and she founded a Church of Saint Euphemia, where she was buried following her death, probably in either 523 or 524. Justin was buried by her side in 527.

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