I am starting this discussion to gather sources for Flavia Magna and her family.
The only reference I can find of her is from Theodorus Lector's Epitome from his Church History.
"A certain monk Dorotheos, by origin from
Alexandria, in fact supporting the Synod of Chalcedon,
wrote a book comprising many lines collected from
different places. Having made copies of the book, he
sent them not only to the East <...> but also to the
monastery of ‘those of Eusebios’ and also to another
[monastery]. Similarly, he gave a copy to Magna, the
sister-in-law of the emperor. Moved by divine zeal – for
she was orthodox – she took this book to the emperor,
thinking he would change his mind after reading it and
stop persecuting the synod. After reading the book and
finding that it was against his own will, he expelled
Dorotheos to the Oasis under the pretext that [the title]
of the book: ‘A tragedy or a prophecy of the current
order’ was addressed to him, just as the godly Basil is
said to have spoken against Julian. The book, amongst
others, still survives to the present day." 125 [481]
- Source - The Church Histories of Theodore Lector and John Diakrinomenos, ed. Rafał Kosiński and Kamilla Twardowska and trans. Aneta Zabrocka and Adrian Szopa (Berlin: Peter Lang, 2021), pg. 335.
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