Augusta Saint Helena
246 - 330 (84 years)-
Name Saint Helena Title Augusta Birth 246 Gender Female Kinfolk of Note Direct Ancestor of Mack Ferrin Smith Ordained St Helena is patron of archaeologists, converts, difficult marriages, divorced people, empresses, Saint Helena island. Her feast is May 21 (Lutheran - May 19) [1] Saint Helena finding the true cross Religion On the site of her discovery of the True Cross, Constantine ordered the building of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Saint Helena Death 330 Turkey - (Ancient Constantinople)
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Father King of the Britons Coel Croilus Hen, b. Dorset, England d. 150, England Relationship natural Mother Ystradwal verch Cadfan, b. Cornwall, England d. Colchester, Essex, England Relationship natural Family ID F3818 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Roman Emperor Marcus Flavius Valerius Constantius Herculius, Augustus, b. 31 Mar 250 d. 25 Jul 306 (Age 56 years) Divorce In 289 political developments forced him to divorc Children 1. Roman Emperor Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus, Augustus, b. 27 Feb 272, Yugoslavia d. 22 May 337 (Age 65 years) [natural] Family ID F150 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
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Empress mother of Constantine the Great. She was a native of Bithynia, who married the then Roman general Constantius I Chlorus about 270. Constantine was born soon after, and in 293, Constantius was made Caesar, or junior emperor. He divorced Helena to marry co Emperor Maximian’s stepdaughter. Constantine became emperor in 312 after the fateful victory at Milvian Bridge, and Helena was named Augusta, or empress. She converted to Christianity and performed many acts of charity, including building churches in Rome and in the Holy Land. On a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Helena discovered the True Cross. She is believed to have died in Nicomedia. Her porphyry sarcophagus is in the Vatican Museum. Geoffrey of Monmouth, England, started the legend that Helena was the daughter of the king of Colchester, a tradition no longer upheld. In liturgical art Helena is depicted as an empress, holding a cross
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