Is emperor theodosius a saint

In 438 c.e. the Roman emperor Theodosius II (408–450 c.e.) published, in a single volume (codex in Latin), the general laws of his Christian predecessors beginning with Constantine I (306–337 c.e.).

Roman law had always regulated the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next. The Theodosian Code reveals that, during the era when the empire was becoming Christian, emperors sought a greater share of that wealth for themselves and for the imperial Church through the control of wills and testaments.

The law had also always punished violation of the tombs that lined the roads outside the city walls.

How did theodosius die

The code's increasingly severe penalties for doing so suggest that the problem was getting worse. People were looting tombs for building materials and for marble to render into lime; and were digging up the bones of Christian martyrs.

In 386 an imperial decree expressly prohibited the sale of these saints' relics.

Relics of the saints were a powerfu