E04493: Evagrius Scholasticus in his Ecclesiastical History reports that the empress Eudocia built a magnificent church for *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030) outside the walls of Jerusalem, where she was buried in 460. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria), 593/594.

Evagrius Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History, 1.22

22. Πολλοῖς τοίνυν τοιούτοις ἐντυχοῦσα ἡ Θεοδοσίου σύμβιος, καὶ πολλά, ὥς μοι λέλεκται, τοιαῦτα φροντιστήρια δειμαμένη, καὶ μὴν καὶ τὰ τείχη πρὸς τὸ κρεῖττον Ἱεροσολύμων ἀνανεωσαμένη, καὶ τέμενος μέγιστον ἀνίστη, ἐξοχῇ τε καὶ κάλλει προὖχον, τοῦ πρώτου διακόνων τε καὶ μαρτύρων Στεφάνου, οὔτι στάδιον Ἱεροσολύμων διεστώς· ἐν ᾧ καὶ τίθεται πρὸς τὸν ἀγήρω μεταχωρήσασα βίον.

‘22. Now, after the spouse of Theodosius had conversed with many such men and, as has been said by me, had founded many such monasteries and, furthermore, had also restored the walls of Jerusalem to a better state, she also raised up a very great sanctuary of Stephen the first deacon and martyr, outstanding in size and beauty, not one stade distant from Jerusalem; she too was placed in this after she departed to the life without age.’

Text: Bidez, Parmentier 2011. Translation: Whitby 2010.