Skip to content

Research atlas for early Christianity. Claims are tagged attested, traditional, or disputed. Copyrighted full texts, including CCEL editions, are not included.

DeChurched Atlas

person

Helena, mother of Constantine I

Also known as Saint Helena, Flavia Julia Helena

medium

  • born. c. 250medium · Wikidata P569
  • died. 330-08-18high · Wikidata P570

Mother of Constantine whose pilgrimage to Palestine (c. 326-328) was linked by later tradition to the finding of the True Cross.

Wikipedia extract

Flavia Julia Helena, also known as Helena of Constantinople and in Christianity as Saint Helena, was an Augusta of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great as well as a canonized saint in both Catholic and Orthodox Churches for her pivotal role in the spread of Christianity. She was born in the lower classes traditionally in the city of Drepanon, Bithynia, in Asia Minor, which was renamed Helenopolis.

CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Source page

Sources

Authority files

women · pilgrimage · relics · 4th-century

Helena, mother of Constantine I · DeChurched Atlas