Empress Helena

Target entity: Empress Helena
Context triple: [Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, historicallyLinkedTo, Empress Helena]

• A. Empress Helena Palaiologina
  Empress Helena Palaiologina, born Helena Dragaš, was a Serbian-born Byzantine empress consort and later nun who became notable as the mother of the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos.
• B. Empress Pulcheria
  Empress Pulcheria was a powerful 5th-century Byzantine imperial princess and regent who wielded significant political and religious influence, notably shaping Christian doctrine and imperial policy in the Eastern Roman Empire.
• C. Aelia Eudocia
  Aelia Eudocia was a late Roman imperial princess, daughter of Empress Licinia Eudoxia and Emperor Valentinian III, who became briefly Western Roman empress through her marriage to the usurper emperor Petronius Maximus.
• D. Empress Irene of Athens
  Empress Irene of Athens was an 8th-century Byzantine empress who ruled as regent and later as sole emperor, noted for restoring the veneration of icons and playing a pivotal role in church and imperial politics.
• E. Aelia Verina
  Aelia Verina was a 5th-century Byzantine empress consort and influential political figure, wife of Emperor Leo I and a key player in the imperial court’s power struggles.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Empress Helena
Target entity description: Empress Helena was the mother of Roman Emperor Constantine the Great and a revered Christian saint traditionally credited with discovering the True Cross in Jerusalem.

• A. Empress Helena Palaiologina
  Empress Helena Palaiologina, born Helena Dragaš, was a Serbian-born Byzantine empress consort and later nun who became notable as the mother of the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos.
• B. Empress Pulcheria
  Empress Pulcheria was a powerful 5th-century Byzantine imperial princess and regent who wielded significant political and religious influence, notably shaping Christian doctrine and imperial policy in the Eastern Roman Empire.
• C. Aelia Eudocia
  Aelia Eudocia was a late Roman imperial princess, daughter of Empress Licinia Eudoxia and Emperor Valentinian III, who became briefly Western Roman empress through her marriage to the usurper emperor Petronius Maximus.
• D. Empress Irene of Athens
  Empress Irene of Athens was an 8th-century Byzantine empress who ruled as regent and later as sole emperor, noted for restoring the veneration of icons and playing a pivotal role in church and imperial politics.
• E. Aelia Verina
  Aelia Verina was a 5th-century Byzantine empress consort and influential political figure, wife of Emperor Leo I and a key player in the imperial court’s power struggles.
• F. None of above. chosen