Arcadia (daughter of Arcadius)

Her next sibling was the male heir and future emperor Theodosius II (r. 402–450). Following the example of her older sister Aelia Pulcheria she took a vow of virginity, but unlike her, she never married, devoting herself to religion. Arcadia died in 444.^[1]

In Constantinople, she ordered the construction, near the Gate of Saturninus,^[2] of a monastery dedicated to Saint Andrew. The building, named also Rodophylion (Ancient Greek: Ροδοφύλιον) lay about 600 m. west of the gate.^[3] Heavily transformed, the church of the monastery is now the Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque of Istanbul.^[3] Arcadia had two mansions, and possibly built a bath in Constantinople.^[1]

• «Arcadia 1», PLRE I, p. 129.
• Janin, Raymond (1953). La Géographie Ecclésiastique de l'Empire Byzantin. 1. Part: Le Siège de Constantinople et le Patriarcat Oecuménique. 3rd Vol. : Les Églises et les Monastères (in French). Paris: Institut Français d'Etudes Byzantines.
• Müller-Wiener, Wolfgang (1977). Bildlexikon Zur Topographie Istanbuls: Byzantion, Konstantinupolis, Istanbul Bis Zum Beginn D. 17 Jh (in German). Tübingen: Wasmuth. ISBN 978-3-8030-1022-3.

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