Helena, mother of Constantine I
saint, first wife of Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus, and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great (250-330)
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Flavia Julia Helena (Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, romanized: Helénē; AD c. c. 250 – c. 329), or Saint Helena was Constantine the Great's mother and a Roman empress (Latin: augusta). Helena was a wife or concubine of Constantius I before he became a Roman emperor.[1] In Christianity, Helena is a saint because Christian historians during Late Antiquity wrote that she found the relics of the True Cross in Jerusalem. Helena's tomb was the Mausoleum of Helena outside Rome.
Saint Helena | |
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 Eastern Orthodox icon of Saint Constantine the Great and his mother Saint Helena | |
| Empress; Mother of Constantine the Great | |
| Born | c. 250 Drepanum, Bithynia, Asia Minor |
| Died | c. late 329 Rome |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Churches Oriental Orthodoxy Anglican Communion Lutheran Church |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Major shrine | The shrine to Saint Helena in Saint Peter's Basilica |
| Feast | August 18 (Roman Catholic Church); May 21 (Lutheran & Orthodox Churches); May 19 (Lutheran Church); 9 Pashons (Coptic Orthodox Church) |
| Attributes | Cross |
| Patronage | archeologists, converts, difficult marriages, divorced people, empresses, Helena, the capital of Montana |
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References
change- ↑ Kienast, Dietmar; Eck, Werner; Heil, Matthäus (2017) [1990]. "Constantin I. (25. Juli 306– 22. Mai 337)". Römische Kaisertabelle: Grundzüge einer römischen Kaiserchronologie (in German) (6th ed.). Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (WBG). pp. 286–295. ISBN 978-3-534-26724-8.
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