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   Why is St Helena important?

   • Devotion to St Helena spread throughout the East and the West, where she is commemorated on 21 May and 18 August respectively. Iconographically, she is associated with the Cross. Along with Saints Andrew, Veronica, and Longinus, she was chosen for one of the pilasters that support the great dome of St Peter’s.

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   Where did St Helena find relics?

   • The mother of Constantine the Great, St. Helena, is believed to have restored many sites in the Holy Land, where she discovered the cross on which Christ died and other relics from his Passion, some of which she brought back with her to Rome. These relics can still be venerated today, in Rome’s Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem.

   The Relics St. Helena Brought to Rome From the Holy Land

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   Did Saint Helena have a church?

   • Saint Helena had a church built on the original site of Jesus’ crucifixion, burial, and resurrection, known as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Her son Constantine dedicated this church on Sept. 13-14 in 335 A.D. Even today, the Stations of the Cross in Jerusalem, or the Via Dolorosa, end at this very spot.

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   When was Helena born?

   • Helena was probably born in the middle of the third century, in the town of Drepanum in Asia Minor. Later, after her son had become Emperor, the town was renamed Helenopolis in her honour. According to St Anselm, as a young woman she worked as a stable maid.

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   May 23, 2024 · Helena was probably born in the middle of the third century, in the town of Drepanum in Asia Minor. Later, after her son had become Emperor, the town was renamed Helenopolis in her honour. According to St Anselm, as a young woman she worked as a stable maid.

4. www.thecollector.com › helena-true-crossHow Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire

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   1 day ago · Saint Helena, by Fridolin Leibe, Source: Wikimedia Commons On February 25, 395, Bishop Aurelius Ambrosius of Milan, aka Saint Ambrose, delivered De Obitu Theodosii in honor of the late Emperor Theodosius, as the funeral procession was about to leave for Constantinople. The cathedral air was thick with incense, Latin, and political tension; the ...

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   5 days ago · Saint Helena’s Discovery in Jerusalem. The Roman Emperor Constantine’s mother, Saint Helena, a convert to Christianity, went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to locate where the important events in the life of Jesus Christ occurred, and to preserve the relics of the Christian faith that remained there.

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   May 23, 2024 · Demographic profile. The vast majority of the population of Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha live on Saint Helena. Ascension has no indigenous or permanent residents and is inhabited only by persons contracted to work on the island (mainly with the UK and US military or in the space and communications industries) or their dependents, while Tristan da Cunha – the main island in a ...

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   May 3, 2024 · St Helena was Empress of the Roman Empire and the mother of Emperor Constantine. She discovered the True Cross of Christ in the 300s. Read the full St Helena novena on the novena page. You can also learn more about novenas here. Who Was St Helena? Two histories exist for Saint Helena’s birth and origin.

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   May 17, 2024 · Saint Helena, the Empress. St. Helena the Empress made huge contributions to the spread of the new religion of Christianity. She began her life as an ordinary girl of humble Greek/Turkish origins in the mid 3rd century Roman Empire.

10. ewtn.co.uk › article-the-relics-st-helena-broughtThe Relics St. Helena Brought to Rome From the Holy Land

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    May 24, 2024 · The mother of Constantine the Great, St. Helena, is believed to have restored many sites in the Holy Land, where she discovered the cross on which Christ died and other relics from his Passion, some of which she brought back with her to Rome. These relics can still be venerated today, in Rome’s Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem.