Helena Augusta

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Helena Augusta, better known as Saint Helena of Constantinople, was the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great and is traditionally credited with finding the True Cross, making her a highly venerated Christian empress and saint.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Flavia Iulia Helena 6
Helena Augusta canonical 2
Helena (empress) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint
Roman empress
imperial consort
pilgrim
relic finder
alsoKnownAs Helena Augusta
surface form: Flavia Iulia Helena

Helena von Konstantinopel
surface form: Helena of Constantinople

Saint Helen
Saint Helena of Constantinople
associatedWith Bethlehem
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople

Jerusalem
True Cross
birthPlace Asia Minor
Bithynia
Drepanum
burialPlace tomb of Empress Helena
surface form: Mausoleum of Helena

Rome
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint
commissioned Church of the Nativity
surface form: Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem

Mount of Olives
surface form: Church on the Mount of Olives

construction of churches in the Holy Land
deathPlace Nicomedia (traditionally)
surface form: Nicomedia
era Late Antiquity
surface form: Late Roman Empire
family Constantinian dynasty
feastDay 18 August
19 August
21 May
honorificTitle Augusta
motherOf Constantine I
surface form: Constantine the Great
notableFor Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land
finding the True Cross
patronage Saint Helena
surface form: Saint Helena Island

archaeologists
difficult marriages
divorced people
empresses
religion Christianity
roleInChristianity imperial patron of Christian holy sites
spouseOrPartner Constantius Chlorus
timePeriod 3rd century
4th century
title Empress of the Roman Empire
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheran Churches
Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (9)

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

Saint Helena of Constantinople alsoKnownAs Helena Augusta
this entity surface form: Flavia Iulia Helena
Helena (daughter of Constantine I) grandmother Helena Augusta
this entity surface form: Helena (empress)
Empress Helena alsoKnownAs Helena Augusta
this entity surface form: Flavia Iulia Helena
Empress Helena alsoKnownAs Helena Augusta
Saint Helena alsoKnownAs Helena Augusta
this entity surface form: Flavia Iulia Helena
Helena Augusta alsoKnownAs Helena Augusta
this entity surface form: Flavia Iulia Helena
Saint Helen alsoKnownAs Helena Augusta
this entity surface form: Flavia Iulia Helena
Saint Helen birthName Helena Augusta
this entity surface form: Flavia Iulia Helena