Helena

E37304

Christian saint Roman empress historical figure

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Helena canonical	34
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 (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman emperor Constantine the Great → mother → Helena ⓘ

subject surface form: Constantine the Great

Roman emperor Constantine the Great → child → Helena ⓘ

subject surface form: Constantine the Great

this entity surface form: Helena (daughter of Constantine)

Roman emperor Constantine the Great → feastSharedWith → Helena ⓘ

subject surface form: Constantine the Great

Nell → usedAsDiminutiveOf → Helena ⓘ

Nell → relatedName → Helena ⓘ

Nell → shortFormOf → Helena ⓘ

Helena Bonham Carter → givenName → Helena ⓘ

Helena Christensen → givenName → Helena ⓘ

Helena Dragaš → givenName → Helena ⓘ

Constantius Chlorus → partner → Helena ⓘ

Constantinian dynasty → notableMember → Helena ⓘ

Church of the Nativity → foundedBy → Helena ⓘ

Constantinus Magnus → mother → Helena ⓘ

Marta Helena Skowrońska → givenName → Helena ⓘ

Marie Helena Susanna von Tucher → givenName → Helena ⓘ

Ivan I of Moscow → spouse → Helena ⓘ

court of Constantine the Great → employer → Helena ⓘ

Bonham Carter → givenName → Helena ⓘ

subject surface form: Helena Bonham Carter

Elena → isVariantOf → Helena ⓘ

Bagrat VI of Georgia → spouse → Helena ⓘ

Mausoleum of Helena on the Via Labicana near Rome → builtFor → Helena ⓘ

Mausoleum of Helena on the Via Labicana near Rome → dedicatedTo → Helena ⓘ

Mausoleum of Helena on the Via Labicana near Rome → hasOccupant → Helena ⓘ

appears on Roman imperial coinage as Caesar → relative → Helena ⓘ

subject surface form: Crispus

Chlorus → partner → Helena ⓘ

subject surface form: Constantius Chlorus

Helene → hasVariant → Helena ⓘ

House of Constantine → notableMember → Helena ⓘ

Flavius Dalmatius (the elder) → relative → Helena ⓘ

Yelena → equivalentTo → Helena ⓘ

Empress Helena → birthName → Helena ⓘ

Julian the Apostate → spouse → Helena ⓘ

Saint Helena → name → Helena ⓘ

Saint Helen → alsoKnownAs → Helena ⓘ

Drepanum → renamedInHonorOf → Helena ⓘ

Drepanum → associatedWith → Helena ⓘ