To escape the attentions of the Emperor, she left the court and entered a convent in Alexandria.

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On the death of Justinian’s wife, Theodora, the Emperor again sought her, whereupon she fled to the desert and met Abbot Daniel, who allowed her to dress as a monk and live as a hermit in his community, where she lived a solitary life of constant prayer and austerity until her death twenty-eight years later.