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Gender Feminine
Scripts υπομονή(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsIpomoni, Hypomone
Meaning & History
A name meaning "patience" in Greek. This was the name that Helen Dragaš, the wife of Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos, took when she became a nun at the Monastery of Lady Martha. Two of her eight children became emperors: John VIII and Constantine XI, that latter of whom was the legendary final Byzantine emperor. Alternate spellings include Ipomoni and Hypomone. Today, she is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Her name is sometimes translated to Patience.