Pulcheria (daughter of Theodosius I)

Pulcheria (c.378-c.385) was the daughter of the emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla.

She was born prior to her father becoming emperor in January 379, but died in childhood, shortly before her mother. In his consolatory oration on Pulcheria, Gregory of Nyssa described her as “a new-sprung blossom, with shining petals not yet lifted fully from the bud,” and vividly recalled how her death devastated the populace, indicating strong sympathy for the emperor’s family.