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Aug 18, 2022 · 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 ...
Apr 6, 2024 · Flavia Julia Helena Augusta (also known as Saint Helena and Helena of Constantinople, / ˈhɛlənə /; Greek: Ἑλένη, Helénē; c. AD 246/248– c. 330) was an Augusta and Empress of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great. She was born in the lower classes traditionally in the Greek city of Drepanon, Bithynia, in Asia ...
Apr 27, 2022 · Saint Helena (Latin: Flavia Iulia Helena Augusta) also known as Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena of Constantinople (ca. 246/50 – 18 August 330) was the consort of Emperor Constantius, and the mother of Emperor Constantine I. She is traditionally credited with finding the relics of the True Cross. Helena's birthplace is not known with ...
Helena (c. 255–329) Roman empress and mother of Constantine the Great who made a famous pilgrimage through the Holy Land in search of relics and the sites associated with the life of Jesus, thereby helping to set a trend in religious piety which would help to define the Middle Ages. Pronunciation: HEL-in-a.
Helena, Saint, the mother of Constantine the Great, b. about the middle of the third century, possibly in Drepanum (later known as Helenopolis) on the Nicomedian Gulf; d. about 330. She was of humble parentage, St. Ambrose, in his “Oratio de orbit Theodosii”, referring to her as a stabularia, inn-keeper. Nevertheless, she became the lawful ...
Review by. Heinrich Schlange-Schöningen, Universität des Saarlandes. schlange-schoeningen@mx.uni-saarland.de. Preview. Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine, is one of the figures of antiquity whose historical significance is evident, but whose life story is difficult to grasp in its details. For much of her long life, she remained ...
May 20, 2023 · Empress St. Helen. The holy and right-believing Empress Helen (also Helena and Elena ), Equal to the Apostles (c. 248 – c. 329), was the mother of Emperor Saint Constantine the Great. Her feast day is on May 21, together with her son.
