Drepanum

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Drepanum was an ancient town in Bithynia (in modern-day Turkey), later renamed Helenopolis in honor of the Roman Empress Saint Helena.

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Label Occurrences
Drepanum canonical 5

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient town
settlement
associatedWith Constantine I
surface form: Constantine the Great

Helena
countryInAntiquity Bithynia
surface form: Bithynia et Pontus
hasHonorificRenamingReason honor of Roman Empress Saint Helena
hasLaterName Drepanum (later Helenopolis)
surface form: Helenopolis
hasModernCountry Turkey
hasNameMeaning curved bay
sickle
hasNameOrigin Greek language
hasSuccessorSettlementName Drepanum (later Helenopolis)
surface form: Helenopolis
hasTopographicalFeature coastal town
harbor
historicalRegion Asia Minor
languageOfName Greek
laterEcclesiasticalStatus bishopric
locatedIn Bithynia
locatedInPresentDay Turkey
locatedInRegion northwestern Anatolia
partOf Byzantine Empire
Roman Empire
religiousSignificance Christian pilgrimage site
associated with Saint Helena
renamedAs Drepanum (later Helenopolis)
surface form: Helenopolis
renamedInHonorOf Helena
Empress Helena
surface form: Roman Empress Helena

Saint Helena
timePeriod Late Antiquity
Roman Antiquity
surface form: Roman period

Referenced by (5)

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

Battle of Drepanum near Drepanum
Empress Helena placeOfBirth Drepanum
Saint Helena birthPlace Drepanum
Helena Augusta birthPlace Drepanum