Helena
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Helena, also known as Saint Helena, was the mother of Roman Emperor Constantine the Great and is traditionally credited with finding the True Cross and promoting Christianity within the Roman Empire.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Helena (daughter of Constantine) | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
Roman empress ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Saint Helena of Constantinople
ⓘ
surface form:
Helena of Constantinople
Saint Helena ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
surface form:
Constantinople
Jerusalem ⓘ building of churches at Bethlehem and on the Mount of Olives ⓘ discovery of the True Cross in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| buriedAt | Mausoleum of Helena on the Via Labicana near Rome ⓘ |
| century |
3rd century
ⓘ
4th century ⓘ |
| child |
Constantinus Magnus
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine the Great
|
| creditedWith |
finding the True Cross
ⓘ
promoting Christianity in the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| era |
Late Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Late Roman Empire
|
| feastDay |
18 August (Western tradition)
ⓘ
21 May (with Constantine in Eastern tradition) ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| honoredAs |
saint in some Lutheran churches
ⓘ
saint in the Anglican Communion ⓘ saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ saint in the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ |
| influenced | imperial support for Christianity ⓘ |
| knownFor |
construction of churches in the Holy Land
ⓘ
pilgrimage to the Holy Land ⓘ |
| motherOf |
Constantinus Magnus
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine the Great
|
| notableFor | imperial patronage of Christian holy sites ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Constantinus Magnus
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine I
|
| patronage |
archaeologists
ⓘ
difficult marriages ⓘ divorced people ⓘ new discoveries ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleIn | Christianization of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Constantius Chlorus ⓘ |
| title | Empress of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| traditionallyBornIn | Bithynia ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Constantine the Great
this entity surface form:
Helena (daughter of Constantine)
subject surface form:
Constantine the Great
subject surface form:
Helena Bonham Carter
subject surface form:
Constantine the Great