Theodora ended the iconoclastic controversy by restoring the veneration of icons and was sainted for her efforts. She ruled as regent for her son Michael III until he, furious at being excluded from public life and forbidden from seeing his mistress Eudosia, overthrew her and forced her into a monastery.
Also known as: Theodora the Regent · Saint Theodora
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Episode 12 (1 mention)
Theodora ended the iconoclastic controversy by restoring the veneration of icons and was sainted for her efforts. She ruled as regent for her son Michael III until he, furious at being excluded from public life and forbidden from seeing his mistress Eudosia, overthrew her and forced her into a monastery.
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