Roman emperor Theodosius II married Aelia Eudocia, who later helped to protect Greek pagans and Jews from persecution. Aelia Eudocia: Aelia Eudocia Augusta, also called Saint Eudocia, was an Eastern Roman empress by marriage to Emperor Theodosius II. The daughter of an Athenian philosopher, she was also a poet, whose works include Homerocentones, or Homeric retellings of Biblical stories. After an estrangement with Theodosius, she permanently settled in Jerusalem, where she supported the local population. June 7, 421. Wiki link