Justin

Justin was a Byzantine emperor, commemorated on 15 November (new style, the Greek calendar) as a pious emperor. The synaxarion shows some confusion here: other sources record on this day Justinian and Theodora, and others Justin and Euphemia.

Justin came from Thrace and had first been a shepherd of sheep and pigs. He became a soldier, then a count, and finally emperor, in the year 518. His wife Lupicia had been made Augusta and given the name Euphemia; after her death he married Theodora. Although he could not read, he put the state in order and was a very devout Christian emperor, helping the Church in many ways. He reigned nine years and 33 days.