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In the middle section, Christ’s mother the Virgin Mary, garbed in bright blue, looks up at Jesus as she beckons to St. Helena, kneeling at the left. The saint presents her own son, the emperor Constantine.
St. Helena was the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great and an Empress of the Roman Empire. Very little is known about Helena's early life, but it is believed she is from Drepanum (later known as Helenopolis) in Asia Minor and born into a poor family and lower class in the Roman culture of the ...
The Archdiocese of St. Louis (Latin: Archidiœcesis Sancti Ludovici) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church that covers the City of St. Louis and the Missouri counties of Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Perry, Saint Charles, Saint Francois, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, Warren, and Washington.
The Archdiocese of St. Louis is a community of Catholic believers united in faith and service. In communion with the Bishop of Rome, the Archdiocese serves as a spiritual home for Catholics in the City of St. Louis and 10 surrounding counties to the north, south and west.
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis is the Mother Church of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis, located in the Central West End of the City of St. Louis. The Cathedral Basilica also serves as a Catholic parish whose membership roster includes Catholic families and individuals residing within its boundaries as well as many others from the ...
St. Helena rose from humble beginnings as an innkeeper, to become the mother of the great Christian Roman Emperor Constantine the Great. While she was born in modern day Turkey in 250, she met a Roman general while he was occupying her homeland.
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, also known as the Saint Louis Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. Completed in 1914, it is the mother church of the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the seat of Archbishop Mitchell T. Rozanski.
