What is "constantina"

Constantina (also named Constantia and Constantiana; b. after 307/before 317 – d. 354), and later known as Saint Constance, was the eldest daughter of Roman emperor Constantine the Great and his second wife Fausta, daughter of Emperor Maximian. Constantina received the title of Augusta by her father, and is venerated as a saint, having developed a medieval legend wildly at variance with what is known of her actual character. In English she is also known as Saint Constance.

Constantina is the feminine form of Constantine. It may refer to:

• Constantina, a Byzantine saint, the eldest daughter of Roman Emperor Constantine I and his second wife Fausta
• Constantina (empress), Byzantine empress, daughter of Tiberius II and wife of Maurice
• Constantina, Brazil, a Brazilian municipality in Rio Grande do Sul
• Constantina, Seville, a Spanish municipality in the province of Seville.
• Constantina (Osrhoene), a Roman/Byzantine city in northern Mesopotamia

Constantina (c. 560 – c. 605) was the Empress consort of Maurice of the Byzantine Empire. She was a daughter of Tiberius II Constantine and his wife Ino Anastasia. Her parentage was recorded in the chronicles of Theophylact Simocatta, Paul the Deacon and John of Biclaro.

The Georgian Chronicle identifies Constantina as a daughter of Khosrau II. However the Chronicle was compiled in the 13th century and so the contradictory parentage is considered a mistake. Other later accounts make Constantina his mother in law through her - most likely fictional - daughter Miriam/Maria.