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Empress Irene (Schema-nun Xenia)

Also known as Piroska · Irene of Hungary

A Hungarian princess who became Byzantine Empress as wife of John II Komnenos, known for her charity, and who took monastic vows as Xenia before her repose.

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Notes

Hungarian by birth.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints