Talk:Galla Placidia
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She had a son, Theodosius, by the Visigothic king, but he died in infancy, was buried in Barcelona, but years later the corpse was exhumed and reburied in the imperial mausoleum in Saint Peter's cathedral.
This is far from clear. What is Saint Peter's cathedral? The great St. Peter's basilica in Rome was never a cathedral. There may be cathedrals dedicated to St. Peter elsewhere.
Sebastjan
A google check confirmed this so-called Saint Peter's cathedral is the Saint Peter's Basilica. Any refernce to confirm that there is a mausoleim in Saint Peter's Basilica?User:kt2
This sentence "They had a son who became Valentinian III and his rather more strong-willed sister, Justa Grata Honoria. " implies that the son was a transsexual -- "who became ... his rather more strong-willed sister" I have changed it to say that they also had a strong-willed daughter. ThePedanticPrick 18:03, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Can the dates be correct here? This article is linked to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandals#Sack_of_Rome
which claims that Placidia was captured in 455 AD. If that article is correct, then Placidia can not have died on November 27, 450 five years before she was captured.
