Pulcheria

Aelia Pulcheria (; ; 19 January 398 or 399 – July 453) was an Eastern Roman empress who advised her brother, the emperor Theodosius II, during his minority and then became wife to emperor Marcian from November 450 to her death in 453.

thumb|right|260px|Version of the Virgin of Smolensk|Theotokos of Smolensk by [[Dionisius (c. 1500)]] thumb|260px|12th-century plaque found in Torcello Cathedral; a full-length figure like the original in Constantinople

church building in İstanbul, Turkey

historic monastery in Constantinople