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.

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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
Bonham Carter givenName Helena
subject surface form: Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Dragaš givenName Helena
Elena isVariantOf Helena
subject surface form: Constantine the Great
Constantinus Magnus mother Helena
Nell relatedName Helena
Nell shortFormOf Helena
Ivan I of Moscow spouse Helena
Nell usedAsDiminutiveOf Helena