Amma Theodora

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Amma Theodora was an early Christian Desert Mother revered for her ascetic wisdom and spiritual counsel among the fourth-century monastic communities of Egypt.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Amma Theodora canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian ascetic ⓘ
Desert Mother ⓘ
early Christian saint ⓘ
approximateDate 4th century CE ⓘ
associatedWith Desert Fathers ⓘ
early Egyptian monastic communities ⓘ
other Desert Mothers ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Roman Egypt ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
floruit 4th century ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus venerated but not formally canonized in early period ⓘ
hasRole advisor to monks and nuns ⓘ
spiritual mother ⓘ
influenced Christian teachings on asceticism ⓘ
Christian teachings on spiritual discernment ⓘ
later Christian monastic spirituality ⓘ
knownFor ascetic wisdom ⓘ
spiritual counsel ⓘ
teaching on discernment ⓘ
teaching on perseverance in prayer ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Greek ⓘ
movement Desert Fathers and Mothers ⓘ
notableIdea discernment between divine and demonic thoughts ⓘ
importance of humility in spiritual life ⓘ
necessity of perseverance amid temptation ⓘ
value of obedience and counsel ⓘ
occupation monastic leader ⓘ
spiritual teacher ⓘ
placeOfActivity Egyptian desert ⓘ
Nitrian Desert ⓘ
Scetis ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousOrder Desert monasticism ⓘ
sourceOfInformation Apophthegmata Patrum ⓘ
Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers ⓘ
spiritualDiscipline chastity ⓘ
fasting ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
solitude ⓘ
unceasing prayer ⓘ
tradition Christian monasticism ⓘ
typeOfSaint monastic saint ⓘ
veneratedAs Desert Mother ⓘ
linked to: Desert Mothers
veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Desert Mothers → notableMember → Amma Theodora ⓘ