Saint Helen

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4th-century Christian Christian saint Roman empress historical figure

Saint Helen, also known as Saint Helena of Constantinople, was a 4th-century Roman empress and Christian saint traditionally credited with finding the True Cross during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Saint Helen canonical 5

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 4th-century Christian ⓘ
Christian saint ⓘ
Roman empress ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Helena Augusta ⓘ
surface form: Flavia Iulia Helena

Helena ⓘ
Saint Helena of Constantinople ⓘ
associatedWith Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople

Holy Land ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
True Cross ⓘ
birthName Helena Augusta ⓘ
surface form: Flavia Iulia Helena
burialPlace tomb of Empress Helena ⓘ
surface form: Mausoleum of Helena

Rome ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 4th century ⓘ
child Constantine I ⓘ
surface form: Constantine the Great
creditedWith finding the True Cross ⓘ
promoting Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land ⓘ
deathPlace Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
surface form: Nicomedia
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
feastDay 18 August ⓘ
21 May (with Constantine in Eastern tradition) ⓘ
honorificTitle Augusta ⓘ
Saint ⓘ
iconographicAttribute crown ⓘ
holding a cross ⓘ
influenced imperial support for Christianity ⓘ
knownFor discovery of Christian relics ⓘ
pilgrimage to the Holy Land ⓘ
notablePilgrimage journey to Jerusalem ⓘ
parentOf Constantine I ⓘ
patronage Saint Helena ⓘ
surface form: Saint Helena Island

archaeologists ⓘ
difficult marriages ⓘ
divorced people ⓘ
empresses ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bithynia ⓘ
Drepanum (later Helenopolis) ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Asia Minor ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
role mother of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great ⓘ
spouse Constantius Chlorus ⓘ
title Empress of the Roman Empire ⓘ
traditionallyBelievedToHave discovered the nails of the Crucifixion ⓘ
founded churches in the Holy Land ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran Churches

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (5)

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

Saint Helena of Constantinople → alsoKnownAs → Saint Helen ⓘ
St Helen’s Church → dedicatedTo → Saint Helen ⓘ
subject surface form: St Helen’s Church, Abingdon
Saint Helena → alsoKnownAs → Saint Helen ⓘ
St Helen’s Parish → primaryDedication → Saint Helen ⓘ
Helena Augusta → alsoKnownAs → Saint Helen ⓘ