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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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint ⓘ
Roman empress ⓘ
imperial consort ⓘ
pilgrim ⓘ
relic finder ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Flavia Iulia Helena ⓘ
linked to: Helena Augusta

Helena of Constantinople ⓘ
Saint Helen ⓘ
Saint Helena of Constantinople ⓘ
associatedWith Bethlehem ⓘ
Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ
Constantinople ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
True Cross ⓘ
birthPlace Asia Minor ⓘ
Bithynia ⓘ
Drepanum ⓘ
burialPlace Mausoleum of Helena ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint ⓘ
commissioned Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem ⓘ
Church on the Mount of Olives ⓘ
linked to: Mount of Olives

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

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 Church ⓘ
Lutheran Churches ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Referenced by (15)

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

Saint Helena of Constantinople → alsoKnownAs → Flavia Iulia Helena ⓘ
linked to: Helena Augusta
Helena (daughter of Constantine I) → grandmother → Helena (empress) ⓘ
linked to: Helena Augusta
Empress Helena → alsoKnownAs → Flavia Iulia Helena ⓘ
linked to: Helena Augusta
Empress Helena → alsoKnownAs → Helena Augusta ⓘ
Saint Helena → alsoKnownAs → Flavia Iulia Helena ⓘ
linked to: Helena Augusta
Helena Augusta → alsoKnownAs → Flavia Iulia Helena ⓘ
linked to: Helena Augusta
Saint Helen → alsoKnownAs → Flavia Iulia Helena ⓘ
linked to: Helena Augusta
Saint Helen → birthName → Flavia Iulia Helena ⓘ
linked to: Helena Augusta
Tomb of Empress Helena → namedAfter → Flavia Iulia Helena ⓘ
subject linked to: tomb of Empress Helena
linked to: Helena Augusta
Constantia → hasRelative → Helena (mother of Constantine the Great) ⓘ
linked to: Helena Augusta
Monastery of Saints Constantine and Helena → associatedWith → Helena, mother of Constantine ⓘ
linked to: Helena Augusta
Augusta (Roman Empire) → hasNotableBearer → Helena (mother of Constantine I) ⓘ
subject linked to: Augusta of the Roman Empire
linked to: Helena Augusta
Helena von Konstantinopel → alsoKnownAs → Flavia Iulia Helena ⓘ
linked to: Helena Augusta
Helena von Konstantinopel → alsoKnownAs → Helena Augusta ⓘ