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.

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Saint Helen canonical 5

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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

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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