Empress Eudocia Removed The Ban on Jews Praying at the Temple Mount
Estranged from her husband, Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Christian Empress Eudocia made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 438 - 439 CE and settled in Jerusalem in 443 CE for the remainder of her life.
She was sympathetic towards the Jews and allowed them to return to Jerusalem during Jewish Festivals and even permitted them to remain in Jerusalem and its vicinity in limited numbers. Many Jewish pilgrimages, however, ended with bloody riots and mobs attacking the Jews, provoked by violent Christian monks.
A poem inscribed at the baths of Hammat Gader near the Sea of Galilee was found bearing the name of Empress Eudocia.
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Eastern Roman Christian Empress Eudocia made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 438-439 CE, and in 443, she returned and lived her remaining years. She used her influence to protect Jews from persecution.
An inscription bearing the name of Empress Eudocia was found at Hammat Gader near the Sea of Galilee.
“Of the Empress Eudocia
In my life many and infinite wonders have I seen…”
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