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Flavia Julia Helena (/ ˈ h ɛ l ə n ə /; Greek: Ἑλένη, Helénē; c. AD 246/248–330), also known as Helena of Constantinople and in Christianity as Saint Helena, was an Augusta of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great.
Apr 21, 2022 · Saint Helena of Constantinople (248/250-328 CE) was the mother of Roman emperor Constantine I (r. 306-337 CE). She famously made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem where tradition claims found Christ's true cross and built the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher.
Helena was the mother of Roman Emperor Constantine I. She was considered a saint in the eastern and western churches, reported to be the discoverer of the "true cross." Dates: About 248 CE to about 328 CE; her birth year is estimated from a report by the contemporary historian Eusebius that she was about 80 near the time of her death.
St. Helena (born c. 248, Drepanon?, Bithynia, Asia Minor—died c. 328, Nicomedia; Western feast day August 18; Eastern feast day [with Constantine] May 21) was a Roman empress who was the reputed discoverer of Christ’s cross. (See also True Cross.) Helena was married to the Roman emperor Constantius I Chlorus, who renounced her
Apr 2, 2014 · St. Helena, the mother of Constantine I, is believed to have discovered the cross upon which Jesus Christ was crucified.
Jun 24, 2024 · Constantine made his mother, Helena (Constantius’s wife or concubine), empress when his army proclaimed him emperor in 306 CE. Constantine himself had two wives: Minerva (or Minervina), who bore Constantine his firstborn child, Crispus ; and Fausta, the daughter of the previous Western emperor who bore him three sons.
Helena, later known as Flavia Julia Helena Augusta, mother of Constantine the Great, was credited after her death with having discovered the fragments of the Cross and the tomb in which Jesus was buried at Golgotha.
