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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.
- 337-350
- 337-340
- 306-337
- 305-306
Sep 27, 2024 · Helena was married to the Roman emperor Constantius I Chlorus, who renounced her for political reasons. When her son Constantine I the Great became emperor at York in 306, he made her empress dowager, and under his influence she later became a Christian.
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King Proteus of Egypt, appalled that Paris had seduced his host's wife and plundered his host's home in Sparta, disallowed Paris from taking Helen to Troy. Paris returned to Troy without a new bride, but the Greeks refused to believe that Helen was in Egypt and not within Troy's walls.
- Early Life
- Constantine's Court & Christianity
- Pilgrimage to Jerusalem & The Discovery of The True Cross
- Sainthood
- Modern Depiction
Helena was born at Depranum (modern Trapani) in Bithynia, which Constantine later renamed Helenopolis in honor of his mother. The exact date of her birth is unknown. Nothing is known about her family, so it is possible to conclude that they were not members of the aristocracy. Some authors claim that Helena was a stabularia, which could either mean...
Constantine became emperor in 306 CE when he was proclaimed Augustus by his troops. He fought civil wars against other emperors – Maxentius and Licinius – and led various campaigns against the Franks and Visigoths, amongst others. The new emperor made Byzantium his capital, giving the citythe name New Rome at that time; later, in honor of the emper...
In 326 CE, Constantine had his son Crispus executed, after the accusation of his wife, Fausta, of an alleged sexual crime. After this, he also ordered that Fausta be murdered on a charge of adultery, as there was a rumor that Fausta had accused Crispus in an attempt to hide his adulterous acts. Some historians claim that Constantine decided to murd...
By the time Helena died at the age of 80, c. 328 CE (some sources say 329 and even 330 CE), she was already associated with many monuments in Rome, Bethlehem, and Jerusalem, and was also depicted on many coins. She was buried in the newly built basilica on Via Labicana in Rome, and today her sarcophagus is in the Museo Pio-Clementino in the Vatican...
There is a legend in Great Britain that Helena was the daughter of a King of Britain, named Cole of Colchester, who was an ally of Constantius, but there is evidence of Helena having lived in Britain or being born there. Constantius died in the city of York when Constantine was with him, but in this period, his parents were already separated. It is...
Paul I (‹See Tfd› Russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич, romanized: Pavel I Petrovich; 1 October [O.S. 20 September] 1754 – 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1801) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his 1801 assassination. Paul remained overshadowed by his mother, Catherine the Great, for most of his life.
According to a variant of the story, Helen, in widowhood, was driven out by her stepsons and fled to Rhodes, where she was hanged by the Rhodian queen Polyxo in revenge for the death of her husband, Tlepolemus, in the Trojan War.
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