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    an Augusta of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great. She was born in the lower classes traditionally in the Greek city of Drepanon...
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    called Triclavianism. Sozomen and Theodoret reported that when Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great, discovered the True Cross in Jerusalem in the fourth...
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    by the Roman emperor Constantine I between 326 and 330, originally as a tomb for himself, but later assigned to his mother, Helena, who died in 330. The...
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  • follows detailing the life of Helena, first wife of Western Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus and mother of Constantine. The novel begins by showing her...
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  • porphyry coffin in which Saint Helena, the mother of emperor Constantine the Great, was buried (died 329). The coffin, deprived of its contents for centuries...
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    Helena measures about 16 by 8 km (10 by 5 mi) and has a population of 4,439 per the 2021 census. It was named after Helena, mother of Constantine I....
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  • name) Katri Helena (born 1945), Finnish singer Helena, mother of Constantine I Saint Helena (disambiguation) Helena (island) Helena, Guyana Helena, Alabama...
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    by Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine. In the Late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance, there was wide general acceptance of the account of the...
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    in 326 by Saint Helena, the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, during a pilgrimage she made to Jerusalem. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre...
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    19:23–24; quoting the Septuagint version of Psalm 21 [22]:18–19 According to legend, Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, discovered the seamless robe...
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  • refer to: Saint Helena, mother of Constantine I, Roman empress and the mother of Emperor Constantine I the Great Saint Helena of Skövde, Swedish twelfth-century...
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    Helena Lekapene (Medieval Greek: Ἑλένη Λεκαπηνή, romanized: Lecapena) (c. 910 – 19 September 961) was the empress consort of Constantine VII, known to...
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  • to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified. Helena, a Christian, was the mother of the Roman emperor Constantine I. The book has been...
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    nave of the basilica. The relics of Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, are housed in the basilica, as is the tablet with the monogram of Jesus...
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    Christ brought to Rome from the Holy Land by Empress Helena, mother of Roman Emperor Constantine I. The basilica's floor was covered with soil from Jerusalem...
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    the southeast of the chapel there is a chair which was reputed to be a seat that was sat in by Helena, the mother of the Emperor Constantine when she was...
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    Panagia Ekatontapiliani (category Helena, mother of Constantine I)
    of Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Empire in 391. The church was purportedly founded by the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine the...
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  • painter Helena of Adiabene (died c. 56), Assyrian queen Helena, mother of Constantine I (died 330), Roman empress and a Christian saint Helena (wife of Julian)...
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    Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles de Paris (category Helena, mother of Constantine I)
    arrondissement of Paris. It has housed the relics of the Empress Saint Helena, mother of Constantine, since 1819, for which it remains a site of veneration...
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    Flores de Mayo (category Helena, mother of Constantine I)
    of May. One of the most colorful aspects of this festival, the pageant depicts the finding of the True Cross by Queen Helena, mother of Constantine the...
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    Stavrovouni Monastery (category Helena, mother of Constantine I)
    piece of the Holy Cross. Stavrovouni Monastery was founded by Saint Helena and Saint Constantine c. AD 327–329. The monastery is located on the peak of the...
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    empress consort of Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and mother of the last two emperors, John VIII Palaiologos and Constantine XI Palaiologos....
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    near Akrotiri. According to Byzantine legend, Helena of Constantinople (Saint Helen) shipped hundreds of cats from Egypt or Palestine to Cyprus in 328 AD...
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    part of the cloister and the central well head remain. The buildings now house a foundation dedicated to world peace. Chapel of St. Helena, mother of Constantine...
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    Hautvillers Abbey (category Helena, mother of Constantine I)
    the French Revolution of 1789. It housed the relics of Saint Helena, Empress and mother of Constantine, between 841 and 1819. One of its monks, Dom Pérignon...
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    or boiled in a hot bath. September 14 (traditional date) – Helena, mother of Constantine I, discovers the so-called True Cross and the Holy Sepulchre...
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    La Belle Hélène de Constantinople (category Helena, mother of Constantine I)
    against the Saracens. She dies giving birth and her daughter is named after Helena of Constantinople. When she is thirteen years old, Antoine falls in love...
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    Constantine I (27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor...
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    shared the throne with Romanos Lekapenos, whose daughter Helena he married, and his sons. Constantine VII is best known for the Geoponika (τά γεοπονικά), an...
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  • Palaiologos, Despot of Morea, a brother of the final Byzantine emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos. Her mother was Theodora Asanina of the Asen family, a...
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