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Theodora endeavoured in vain to combat Bardas's authority ; in 855 she was displaced from her regency at his prompting, and being subsequently convicted of intrigues against him was relegated to the monastery of Gastria.

She died after his assassination at the hands of Basil I, thus witnessing the end of the dynasty she had worked so hard to preserve.

She was sainted in recompense for her zeal on behalf of the restoration of icons as objects of veneration.

Her feast day is February 11.