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Ereleuva |
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Female |
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Eusebia |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
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- «b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erelieva
Ereleuva«/b» (born before AD «u»440 «/u», died ca. «u»500 «/u»?«u»[1]«/u») was the mother of the «u»Ostrogothic «/u» king «u»Theodoric the Great «/u». She is often referred to as the concubine of Theodoric's father, «u»Theodemir «/u», although historian Thomas Hodgkin notes "this word of reproach hardly does justice to her position. In many of the Teutonic nations, as among the Norsemen of a later century, there seems to have been a certain laxity as to the marriage rite..."«u»[2]«/u» That Gelasius refers to her as «i»regina«/i» ("queen") suggests that she had a prominent social position despite the informality of her union with Theodemir.«u»[1]
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Ereleuva was «u»Catholic «/u», and was baptised with the name Eusebia.«u»[1]«/u» She had probably converted from «u»Arianism «/u» as an adult, but the details are unclear in the historical record. Ereleuva is regarded as having taken to Catholicism quite seriously, as indicated by her correspondence with «u»Pope Gelasius «/u» and mention of her in «u»Ennodius's «/u» «i»Panegyric of Theodoric«/i».«u»[3]
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Her name was variously spelled by historians in antiquity as Ereriliva (by Anonymus Valesianus«u»[4]«/u») and Erelieva (by «u»Jordanes «/u»), and is now largely known to modern historians as Ereleuva, as she was addressed most frequently by «u»Pope Gelasius I «/u».«u»[1]
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«b»References
1.«/b» ^ «u»«b»«i»«sup»a«/u»«/b»«/i»«/sup» «u»«b»«i»«sup»b«/u»«/b»«/i»«/sup» «u»«b»«i»«sup»c«/u»«/b»«/i»«/sup» «u»«b»«i»«sup»d«/u»«/b»«/i»«/sup» Amory, Patrick (1997). «u»People and Identity in Ostrogothic Italy, 489-554 <http://books.google.com/books?id=7ndeDi_fwq0C&pg=PA450&vq=eusebia&dq=people+and+identity+in+ostrogothic+italy+%22489+554%22&sig=JutSxo0EK4syKdIKGPleEbqBv5s>«/u». Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 450. «u»ISBN «/u» «u»0521571510«/u». «u»<http://books.google.com/books?id=7ndeDi_fwq0C&pg=PA450&vq=eusebia&dq=people+and+identity+in+ostrogothic+italy+%22489+554%22&sig=JutSxo0EK4syKdIKGPleEbqBv5s>«/u».
«u»«b»2. ^«/u»«/b» Hodgkin, Thomas (1897). «u»Theodoric the Goth: Barbarian Champion of Civilisation <http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20063>«/u». London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. pp. 34. «u»<http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20063>«/u».
«u»«b»3. ^«/u»«/b» Amory, Patrick (1997). «u»People and Identity in Ostrogothic Italy, 489-554 <http://books.google.com/books?id=7ndeDi_fwq0C&pg=PA268&vq=eusebia&dq=people+and+identity+in+ostrogothic+italy+%22489+554%22&sig=xGES1zHIc6vWpPWFJFpcgJgaTnI>«/u». Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 268\endash 269. «u»ISBN «/u» «u»0521571510 «/u». «u»<http://books.google.com/books?id=7ndeDi_fwq0C&pg=PA268&vq=eusebia&dq=people+and+identity+in+ostrogothic+italy+%22489+554%22&sig=xGES1zHIc6vWpPWFJFpcgJgaTnI>«/u».
«u»«b»4. ^«/u»«/b» See «u»«i»Anonymus Valesianus Pars Posterior: Chronica Theodericiana <http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/valesianus2.html>«/u»«/i». The Latin Library.
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Glenn Cook Family |
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