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grbs-271	Wortley, John	The Marian Relics at Constantinople	2005	17	.pdf	application/pdf	6789	267	63	Whether the sainted Augusta was the founder, or even the benefactor, of any of the three2 is by no means certain; legend here may owe more to her cham- pioning of the title Theotokos for the Blessed Virgin Mary against Nestorius at the Council of Ephesus in 431 and again (together with Cyril of Alexandria) at Chalcedon in 451.3 It is alleged that she requested Marian relics for the capital (see below), but it is not at all certain that she was successful in her request. Indeed, it is pre- cisely because it is unusual that it is mentioned at all, although there might have been the ulterior motive of conferring greater distinction on the girdle than that enjoyed by the maphorion at 16 Neatly—to a point; this is about three decades earlier than the next known reference to Marian relics, and seems to pre-date general interest in them by about the same length of time.	cache/grbs-271.pdf	txt/grbs-271.txt