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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 day. St. Ambrose described Helena as a "good ...
18 sie 2024 · St. Helena, Empress. 18 August. St. Helena, Cretan art (© Musei Vaticani) It was the richness of soul, more than material wealth and prestige, that characterized the actions of Saint Helena, and that even before her conversion as an adult.
Flavia Julia Helena [a] (/ ˈ h ɛ l ə n ə /; Greek: Ἑλένη, Helénē; c. AD 246/248–330), also known as Helena of Constantinople and in Christianity as Saint Helena, [b] was an Augusta of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great.
26 wrz 2024 · St. Helena (born c. 248, Drepanon?, Bithynia, Asia Minor—died c. 328, Nicomedia; Western feast day August 18; Eastern feast day [with Constantine] May 21) was a Roman empress who was the reputed discoverer of Christ’s cross. (See also True Cross.)
Saint Helen, often referred to as Saint Helena of the Cross, was the mother of the great emperor Constantine. When Constantine became the sole ruler of the Roman Empire, Helena was granted man honors. She was named Augusta, or empress, in 325, and enjoyed great influence in the imperial court.
Catholicism. Saints. St. Helena. Share. The mother of Constantine the Great, born about the middle of the third century, possibly in Drepanum (later known as Helenopolis) on the Nicomedian Gulf; died about 330. She was of humble parentage; St. Ambrose, in his "Oratio de obitu Theodosii", referred to her as a stabularia, or inn-keeper.
18 sie 2022 · Not much is known about Saint Helena but it is probable that she was born in the middle of the third century in Asia Minor. She worked as a stable maid as a young woman, according to Saint...
