Sainte Théodosie
Moniale martyre à
Constantinople (8ème s.)
À Constantinople, au
VIIIe siècle, sainte Théodosie, moniale. Pour avoir pris la défense d’une
antique image du Christ, que l’empereur Léon l’Isaurien avait ordonné de
retirer de la Porte d’airain du palais impérial, elle subit le martyre.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/11026/Sainte-Theodosie.html
Sainte Théodosie
Dieu et son image
Il ne fait pas bon
vénérer les icônes ou toute autre image du Christ et de ses saints sous le
règne de l’empereur Léon III l’Isaurien (717-741). Dans ce contexte explosif,
l’empereur, se prenant pour un nouveau Moïse devant le veau d’or, fait
interdire les images à partir de 726 pour éviter au peuple, pense-t-il, la
vengeance divine. Il est le premier d’une longue liste d’empereurs à persécuter
les chrétiens vénérant les images saintes. Théodosie, née à Constantinople en
ce viiie siècle, est témoin de la destruction d’une statue du Christ
placée à la Porte d’airain du palais impérial. Intrépide, elle saisit l’échelle
et fait tomber le soldat qui s’y trouve. Il meurt. Les témoins s’enfuient,
Théodosie rentre dans son monastère. L’affaire remonte jusqu’à l’empereur qui
la fait bien vite saisir, torturer et égorger sur la place publique.
Jésus, Serviteur
souffrant, tu t’es chargé de la croix pour le salut du monde, et Théodosie
reconnut en toi l’image du Dieu invisible.
Temps de silence
Qu’à la prière de sainte
Théodosie nos cœurs s’enflamment, afin que nous choisissions d’aimer comme tu
as aimé chacun de nous.
Ce mois-ci, à l’écoute de
Camille de Lellis
Frères, rappelez-vous que
notre ministère est angélique car les saints anges eux-mêmes se tiennent près
des mourants pour les défendre, parlant par votre bouche et vous suggérant ce
que vous voulez dire à leurs derniers moments.
SOURCE : https://francais.magnificat.net/magnificat_content/sainte-thodosie/
Vénérable martyre
THÉODOSIE de CONSTANTINOPLE
Sainte Théodosie était fille de nobles et riches chrétiens de Constantinople. Après la disparition de son père, à l’âge de sept ans, elle suivit sa mère qui avait décidé de se retirer dans un monastère de la capitale, où elle grandit dans la piété et l’amour de Dieu. À la mort de sa mère, elle distribua toute sa fortune aux pauvres, ne gardant que le juste nécessaire pour faire exécuter trois icônes en or : du Christ, de la Mère de Dieu et de sainte Anastasie, puis elle devint moniale. Deux ans plus tard (730), l’empereur Léon III déclencha sa persécution contre les saintes icônes et déposa le Patriarche saint Germain qui avait refusé de se soumettre à ses décrets. Lorsqu’il ordonna de décrocher l’icône du Christ qui se trouvait au-dessus de la porte de Bronze (Chalkie), Théodosie, qui était présente avec d’autres gens pieux, poussée par une sainte indignation, se précipita et renversa l’échelle sur laquelle était monté l’agent de l’empereur, qui périt dans sa chute. Le groupe de confesseurs se dirigea ensuite vers le patriarcat, en vue de jeter des pierres contre le patriarche hérétique Anastase. Sur l’ordre de l’empereur, les soldats s’emparèrent alors des insurgés pour les exécuter [Ces confesseurs, premiers martyrs de l’iconoclasme, sont commémorés le 9 août. Cf. aussi la notice de S. Germain, au 12 mai]. L’un d’eux traîna brutalement sainte Théodosie à terre, jusqu’au lieu-dit du “Bœuf”, et il lui enfonça avec rage une corne de bélier dans la gorge.
SOURCE : https://foi-orthodoxe.fr/vie-des-saints/juin/venerable-martyre-theodosie-de-constantinople/
Saint Theodosia of
Constantinople
Also
known as
Theodosia he
Konstantinoupolitissa
Teodosia…
29
May (Orthodox calendar)
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Nun in Constantinople. Martyred by iconoclasts for
defending an icon of Christ which emperor Leo the Isaurian had ordered
destroyed.
Born
in 729 by
having a ram’s horn hammered
through her neck at the Forum Bovis in Constantinople (modern
Istanbul, Turkey)
interred in
the church of Hagia Euphemia in the Dexiokratianai section of Constantinople
in the 14th
century the church was renamed for Saint Theodosia
Additional
Information
Saints
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Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
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Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición
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Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
MLA
Citation
‘Saint Theodosia of
Constantinople‘. CatholicSaints.Info. 23 January 2022. Web. 1 February
2026. <https://catholicsaints.info/saint-theodosia-of-constantinople/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-theodosia-of-constantinople/
St. Theodosia of
Constantinople
St. Theodosia of
Constantinople lived during the eighth century and was born in answer to the
fervent prayers of her parents. After their deaths, she was raised at the
women’s monastery of the Holy Martyr Anastasia in Constantinople. After
distributing what remained of her parental inheritance to the poor, she became
a nun. She also used part of the money to commission gold and silver icons of
the Savior, the Theotokos, and St. Anastasia.
When Leo the Isaurian
ascended the throne, he issued an edict that holy icons be destroyed
everywhere. Above the Bronze Gates at Constantinople was a bronze icon of the
Savior, which had been there for more than 400 years. In 730, the iconoclast
Patriarch Anastasius ordered that the icon be destroyed.
The Virgin Martyr
Theodosia and other women rushed to protect the icon and toppled the ladder
with the soldier who was carrying out the command. The women then stoned
Patriarch Anastasius.
Emperor Leo ordered the
women to be beheaded. St. Theodosia, an ardent defender of icons, was thrown in
prison. She was given one hundred lashes a day for over one week. On the eighth
day, she was led through the city, being beaten along the way. Ultimately, one
of the soldiers stabbed her in the throat with a ram’s horn, and she received
the crown of martyrdom.
Following the Triumph of
Orthodoxy over iconoclasm she was recognized as a martyr and saint, and The
body of the holy virgin martyr was reverently buried by Christians in the St.
Euphemia Monastery in Constantinople, near a place called Dexiokratis. The tomb
of St. Theodosia was glorified by numerous healings of the sick.
SOURCE : http://www.ucatholic.com/saints/saint-theodosia/
Saints
of the Day – Theodosia of Constantinople
Article
Died 745. Theodosia, a
nun of Constantinople, lived in Constantinople in the mid-8th century when the
emperor was destroying all the images of Jesus, his mother, and the saints. One
image of Christ was greatly loved by Theodosia. The emperor sent one of his
officers to smash it to pieces. When he climbed a ladder to reach the icon
above the main door of her convent and perform the sacrilegious act, Theodosia
shook it so hard that he fell off and was killed.
Not content with this,
Theodosia led a group of women to stone the palace of the heretic patriarch of
Constantinople, who was supporting the destruction of icons. The authorities
took their revenge. All these warlike Christian women were punished, but Theodosia,
who had inspired their rebellion, was viciously tortured and killed
(Benedictines, Bentley).
MLA
Citation
Katherine I
Rabenstein. Saints of the Day, 1998. CatholicSaints.Info.
17 June 2020. Web. 2 February 2026.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-theodosia-of-constantinople/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-theodosia-of-constantinople/
Theodosia of Constantinople
The Virgin Martyr Theodosia of Constantinople lived during the eighth
century. She was born in answer to the fervent prayers of her parents. After
their death, she was raised at the women’s monastery of the holy Martyr
Anastasia in Constantinople. St Theodosia became a nun after she distributed to
the poor of what remained of her parental inheritance. She used part of the
money to commission gold and silver icons of the Savior, the Theotokos, and St
Anastasia.
When Leo the Isaurian
(717-741) ascended the imperial throne, he issued an edict to destroy holy
icons everywhere. Above the Bronze Gates at Constantinople was a bronze icon of
the Savior, which had been there for more than 400 years. In 730, the
iconoclast Patriarch Anastasius ordered the icon removed.
The Virgin Martyr
Theodosia and other women rushed to protect the icon and toppled the ladder
with the soldier who was carrying out the command. Then they stoned the impious
Patriarch Anastasius, and Emperor Leo ordered soldiers to behead the women. St
Theodosia, an ardent defender of icons, was locked up in prison. For a week
they gave her a hundred lashes each day. On the eighth day, they led her about
the city, fiercely beating her along the way. One of the soldiers stabbed the
nun in the throat with a ram’s horn, and she received the crown of martyrdom.
The body of the holy
virgin martyr was reverently buried by Christians in the monastery of St
Euphemia in Constantinople, near a place called Dexiokratis. The tomb of St
Theodosia was glorified by numerous healings of the sick.
SOURCE : http://oca.org/saints/lives/2013/05/29/101564-virginmartyr-theodosia-the-nun-of-constantinople
St. Theodosia,
Virginmartyr, of Constantinople
Commemorated on May 29
St. Theodosia of
Constantinople lived during the eighth century and was born in answer to the
fervent prayers of her parents. After their deaths, she was raised at the
women’s monastery of the Holy Martyr Anastasia in Constantinople. After
distributing what remained of her parental inheritance to the poor, she became
a nun. She also used part of the money to commission gold and silver icons of
the Savior, the Theotokos, and St. Anastasia.
When Leo the Isaurian
ascended the throne, he issued an edict that holy icons be destroyed
everywhere. Above the Bronze Gates at Constantinople was a bronze icon of the
Savior, which had been there for more than 400 years. In 730, the iconoclast
Patriarch Anastasius ordered that the icon be destroyed.
The Virgin Martyr
Theodosia and other women rushed to protect the icon and toppled the ladder
with the soldier who was carrying out the command. The women then stoned
Patriarch Anastasius.
Emperor Leo ordered the
women to be beheaded. St. Theodosia, an ardent defender of icons, was thrown in
prison. She was given one hundred lashes a day for over one week. On the eighth
day, she was led through the city, being beaten along the way. Ultimately, one
of the soldiers stabbed her in the throat with a ram’s horn, and she received
the crown of martyrdom.
The body of the holy
virgin martyr was reverently buried by Christians in the St. Euphemia Monastery
in Constantinople, near a place called Dexiokratis. The tomb of St. Theodosia
was glorified by numerous healings of the sick.
Troparion, Tone 4:
Your lamb Theodosia, O
Jesus,
Calls out to You in a
loud voice:
I love You, O my
bridegroom,
And in seeking You, I
endure suffering.
In Baptism I was
crucified so that I might reign in You,
And died so that I might
live with You.
Accept me as a pure
sacrifice,
For I have offered myself
in love.
By her prayers save our
souls, since You are merciful.
Kontakion, Tone 2:
Through your striving, O
venerable Theodosia,
You inherited a life of
peace.
By shedding your blood,
you vanquished the enemy of the Church of Christ.
As you rejoice now in His
presence, ever pray to Him for us all!
Kontakion, Tone 4:
You were betrothed to the
King of Heaven
as a pure and
trophy-bearing martyr.
Entreat Him to save our
souls, praiseworthy Theodosia.
By permission of the
Orthodox Church in America (www.oca.org)
SOURCE : http://www.antiochian.org/node/18652
Santa Teodosia di
Costantinopoli Martire
Festa: 18 luglio
Martirologio
Romano: A Costantinopoli, santa Teodosia, monaca, che patì il martirio per
aver difeso un’antica immagine di Cristo, che l’imperatore Leone l’Isaurico
aveva ordinato di rimuovere dalla Porta Bronzea del suo Palazzo.
