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Olympias the Deaconess
Olympias, also known as Saint Olympias and sometimes known as Olympias the Younger[1] to distinguish her from her aunt of the same name[2] (Greek: Ὀλυμπιάς; c.
365 - July 25, 408) was a ChristianRoman noblewoman of Greek descent.
Olympias was born sometime between 361 and 368 and raised in either Constantinople or Antioch. She was the daughter born to the Antiochian Greek noblewoman, Alexandra and the wealthy GreekRhetor, Seleucus.[3] Olympias had a sibling, who was a parent of Olympias and Seleucus.[4] Olympias was named after her late paternal aunt Olympias who was once engaged to the Roman emperorConstans[5] who later married the Roman client king of Arsacid Armenia, Arsaces II (Arshak II).[6] The paternal grandfather of Olympias was Flavius Ablabius who had held consular rank in Constantinople,[7] while her maternal uncle was Calliopius the Rhetor who served as a grammaticus a
