Saint Helen

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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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Saint Helen canonical 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

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

Helena ⓘ
Saint Helena of Constantinople ⓘ
associatedWith Constantinople ⓘ
Holy Land ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
True Cross ⓘ
birthName Flavia Iulia Helena ⓘ
linked to: Helena Augusta
burialPlace Mausoleum of Helena ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 4th century ⓘ
child Constantine the Great ⓘ
linked to: Constantine I
creditedWith finding the True Cross ⓘ
promoting Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land ⓘ
deathPlace 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 Island ⓘ
linked to: Saint Helena

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 Church ⓘ
Lutheran Churches ⓘ
linked to: Lutheranism

Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

St Helen’s Church, Abingdon → dedicatedTo → Saint Helen ⓘ
subject linked to: St Helen’s Church
Saint Helena → alsoKnownAs → Saint Helen ⓘ
Helena Augusta → alsoKnownAs → Saint Helen ⓘ
Brentwood Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Saint Helen ⓘ
Birkirkara parish → hasDevotion → Saint Helen ⓘ