<span>Justinian the GreatSaint JustinianJustinian IΜέγας ἸουστινιανόςAugustusDetail of a contemporary portrait mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale, RavennaEmperor of the Byzantine EmpireReign1 August 527 – 14 November 565Coronation1 August 527<span>PredecessorJustin I</span><span>SuccessorJustin II</span><span>Born<span>. 482
Tauresium, Dardania[1] modern-day Taor, Republic of Macedonia</span></span><span>Died<span>14 November 565 (aged 83)
Constantinople</span></span><span>Burial<span>Church of the Holy Apostles, Constantinople modern-day Istanbul, Turkey</span></span>SpouseTheodora<span>Issue<span>unknown daughter Joan<span> (adopted)</span>Theodora (adopted)</span></span><span>Full name Petrus SabbatiusRegnal nameImperator Caesar Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus Augustus</span>DynastyJustinian<span>Father<span>SabbatiusJustin I (adoptive)</span></span>MotherVigilantiaReligionChalcedonian Christianity</span><span>Saint Justinian the GreatEmperor<span>Venerated inEastern Orthodox ChurchLutheran ChurchEastern Catholicism</span><span>Major shrine church<span> of the Holy Apostles, Constantinople modern-day Istanbul, Turkey</span></span>Feast14 NovemberAttributesImperial Vestment</span><span>Justinian dynastyChronologyJustin I518–527Justinian I527–565Justin II565–578with Sophia and Tiberius as regents, 574–578Tiberius II578–582Maurice582–602with Theodosius as co-emperor, 590–602Succession<span>Preceded by
Leonid dynasty followed<span> by
Phocas and the Heraclian dynasty</span></span></span>
Justinian I (<span>/dʒʌˈstɪniən/</span>; Latin: Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus Augustus; Greek: Φλάβιος Πέτρος Σαββάτιος Ἰουστινιανός Flávios Pétros Sabbátios Ioustinianós; c.482 – 14 November 565), traditionally known as Justinian the Great and also Saint Justinian the Great in the Eastern Orthodox Church,[2][3] was the Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565. During his reign, Justinian sought to revive the Empire's greatness and reconquer the lost western half of the historical Roman Empire.
