Arcadia (Greek: Άρκαδία; 3 April 400 – 444) was the third daughter of the Roman emperor Arcadius (r. 383–408) and Aelia Eudoxia and a member of the Theodosian dynasty.
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]
InConstantinople, she ordered the construction, near the Gate of Saturninus,[2] of a monastery dedicated to Saint Andrew. The building, named also Rodophylion (Greek: Ροδοφύλιον) lay about 600 m. west of the gate.[3] Heavily transformed, the church of the monastery is now the Koca Mustafa Pasha MosqueofIstanbul.[3] Arcadia had two mansions, and possibly built a bath in Constantinople.[1]
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