We named our daughter Ælia
Constance on 9
August 2005.
Ælia is the nomen of the ancient
Roman gens name from
Hadrian (A.D. 76 to A.D. 136). For which Jerusalem was renamed, Ælia Capitolina in A.D. 131.
Our daughter is named particularly for Empress Saint Ælia Flaccilla, the first Empress to carry said name. She was wife of Emperor
Theodosius the Great and mother of Emperor
Honorius of the West and Arcadius of the East. She was the last Empress of the combined
Roman Empire:
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintac1.htmhttp://3464652731/tlacatlaolli/id/aelf.htm
Our daughter's webpage is:
http://www.Aelia.us For your information the pronunciation is EH-LEE-AH via the Latin (Ecclesiastical) pronunciation of the 4th century A.D. The Æ is a dipthong. In Latin it is considered one character with one pronunciation.