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	Helena of Constantinople - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Her son Constantine renamed the city of Drepanum on the Gulf of Nicomedia as 'Helenopolis' in her honor, which led to later interpretions that Drepanum was her birthplace.
		Helena's son, Constantine, became emperor of the Roman Empire, and following his elevation she became a presence at the imperial court, and received the title Augusta.
		Helena is the main character of "Priestess of Avalon" (2000), a fantasy novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Helena,_mother_of_Constantine_the_Great (391 words)

	MSN Encarta - Constantine the Great
		Constantine the Great was born Flavius Valerius Constantinus at Niš, in what is now Serbia and Montenegro, son of the commander Constantius Chlorus (later Constantius I) and Helena (later Saint Helena), a camp follower.
		Constantine’s adherence to this faith is evident from his claim of having had a vision of the sun god in 310 while in a grove of Apollo in Gaul.
		Constantine the Great unified a tottering empire, reorganized the Roman state, and set the stage for the final victory of Christianity at the end of the 4th century.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761560455 (790 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Helena
		On the death of Constantius Chlorus, in 308, Constantine, who succeeded him, summoned his mother to the imperial court, conferred on her the title of Augusta, ordered that all honour should be paid her as the mother of the sovereign, and had coins struck bearing her effigy.
		It is also clear from the declaration of the contemporary historian of the Church that Helena, from the time of her conversion had an earnestly Christian life and by her influence and liberality favoured the wider spread of Christianity.
		If Helena conducted herself in this manner while in the Holy Land, which is indeed testified to by Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, we should not doubt that she manifested the same piety and benevolence in those other cities of the empire in which she resided after her conversion.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07202b.htm (1009 words)

	Constantine
		Constantine however was that suspicious of this sudden change of heart by Galerius, that he took extensive precautions on his journey to Britain.
		Constantine's reign was that of a hard, utterly determined and ruthless man. Nowhere did this show more than when in AD 326, on suspicion of adultery or treason, he had his own eldest son Crispus executed.
		In AD 333 Constantine's fourth son Constans was raised to the rank of Caesar, with in the clear intent to groom him, alongside his brothers, to jointly inherit the empire.
	www.roman-empire.net /decline/constantine.html (2766 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Constantine the Great
		Constantine can rightfully claim the title of Great, for he turned the history of the world into a new course and made Christianity, which until then had suffered bloody persecution, the religion of the State.
		Constantine increased the severity of the earlier law forbidding the concubinage of a free woman with a slave, and the Church did not regard this measure with disfavour.
		Constantine was liberal to prodigality, was generous in almsgiving, and adorned the Christian churches magnificently.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04295c.htm (5939 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR - St. Helen
		Eusebius reports that Helena was converted by Constantine and that he made her a devoted servant of God (VC, 3.47).
		He depicts Helena as driven by religious enthusiasm: she wants to pray at the places where Christ's feet had touched the ground, she cares for the poor and needy, she only does good deeds and is generous, and she builds churches.
		The abrupt interruption in the issue of Helena Augusta-coins in the spring of 329 suggests that she died either at the end of 328 or the beginning of 329.
	www.roman-emperors.org /helena.htm (1485 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Constantine I
		Lactantius, whom Constantine appointed tutor of his son Crispus [[11]] and who therefore must have been close to the imperial family, reports that during the night before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge Constantine was commanded in a dream to place the sign of Christ on the shields of his soldiers.
		Constantine convened a synod of bishops to hear the complaint; the synod met in Rome's Lateran Council and is known as the Synod of Rome.
		"Constantine's Epistle to the Bishops at the Council of Arles: A Defense of Imperial Authorship." JRH 17 (1993) 274-89.
	www.roman-emperors.org /conniei.htm (5004 words)

	A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Helena (2), St., or Flavia Julia Helena Augusta, first wife of Constantius Chlorus, and mother of Constantine the Great, born c.
		Little is known for certain of her life, except that she was mother of Constantine the Great and when about 80 years old undertook a remarkable pilgrimage to Palestine, which resulted in the adornment and increased veneration of the holy places.
		The statement of Eusebius that Constantine paid his mother great honours, and caused her to be proclaimed Augusta to all the troops, and struck her image on gold coins, is no doubt correct, but is unfortunately unaccompanied by dates (Vita Const.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/wace/biodict.Helena_2.html (2496 words)

	PALESTINE (TEXAS) - LoveToKnow Article on PALESTINE (TEXAS) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		It was not till the clear-cut impress of the events of Christs life, death and resurrection had with the lapse of years faded from human recollection, that there arose a desire to seek the living among the dead.
		The story begins with Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, who became fired with zeal to fix definitely the spots where the great events of Christianity had taken place, and in A.D. 326 visited Palestine for the purpose.
		Helenas pilgrimage was, as might be expected, ulchre attended with complete success.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PA/PALESTINE_TEXAS_.htm (2262 words)

	Elen Helen elaine, from Lundy, Isle of Avalon by Mystic Realms
		Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great and traditionally the discoverer of the True Cross while on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
		Strangely, Constantine the Great was responsible for widespread scheme of renovation and repair to the Roman roads in Britain.
		That Constantine himself mixed Christianity and the Sol Invictus cult is clear form a second commemorative medallion issued by him within two years of the first, on which he represented himself with a Chi-Rho monogram on his helmet, and with a leaping Sol chariot below.
	www.lundyisleofavalon.co.uk /godsetc/elen.htm (766 words)

	helena constantine and other helena related information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Helena Augusta: The Mother of Constantine the Great and the Legend of Her Finding of the True Cross.
		Geoffrey claimed that Helena, Constantine's mother, was actually the daughter of " King Cole ", the mythical King of the Britons and eponymous...
		Son of a Roman officer, Constantius, and Saint Helena, Constantine attended the court of Diocletian and later fought under Galerius, the Eastern Emperor.
	www.nethorde.com /helena/helena-constantine.html (279 words)

	Mount Saint Helena (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Mount Saint Helena is one of the few remaining mountains in the Maycamas chain, a small range which runs parallel to the coastline and indicate earlier volcanic activity in the eastern Sonoma County area.
		According to historians, Saint Helena, or Empress Helena, was the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, who ruled the western Roman Empire from 306AD until his death, during prayer, in 337 AD.
		Helena also built a number of churches, including the Church of the Resurrection at Golgotha, where the "grace-filled fire" descends on Great Saturday each year; the Church on the Mount of Olives where Jesus ascended to Heaven; in Bethlehem where Jesus was born; and in Hebron where God appeared to Abraham.
	www.sacredsonoma.com /helena.html (592 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Helena was thereafter used by the Portuguese as a watering and victualling base for their fleets returning from the East Indies and, as far as possible, the existence of the island was kept secret by the Portuguese.
		The fortunes of St. Helena waned further with the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 which caused a large decrease in the number of ships visiting the island.
		Helena again became a place of exile in 1890 (Dinizulu, the son of Cetewayo, and his entourage were confined on the island) and from 1900 to 1902 (6,000 Boer prisoners of war were camped on Deadwood Plain and Broad Bottom).
	geosciences.ou.edu /~bweaver/Ascension/sh-hist.htm (547 words)

	Helena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Helena, Ἑλένη is a Greek female name, first attested in the Iliad (Helen of Troy).
		Helena of Constantinople, mother of Constantine the Great and saint
		Helena, a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Helena (140 words)

	Anglican Communion News Service
		Helena knew little Greek and her thoughts were not in the words nor anywhere near the immediate scene.
		Helena is speaking some seventeen hundred years ago; she is the Empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great in Evelyn Waugh's 1950 novel named for her.
		Helena, brisk and honest though she is, can't completely avoid getting caught up in this too; feeling trapped in Constantine's world of plots and fantastic visions of a new world order, she sets off for Jerusalem to find the remains of the cross of Jesus.
	www.anglicancommunion.org /acns/articles/32/50/acns3250.html (1510 words)

	Encyclopedia: Helena of Constantinople
		Helena of Constantinople, mother of Constantine I. Æ Follis (19mm, 3.
		On the reverse of this argenteus struck in Antioch under Constantius Chlorus, the tetrarcs are sacrificing to celebrate a victory against the Sarmatians.
		Priestess of Avalon is a book by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson, published in 2000 (and therefore subsequent to Bradleys death in 1999), detailing the life of Helena, wife of Constantius and mother of Constantine.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Helena-of-Constantinople (1066 words)

	Women and their Faith
		Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great, was an early Christian who was influential in the nurturing of her son’s commitment to Christianity.
		Helena was an enthusiastic Christian who founded churches in Jerusalem and Bethlehem and allegedly located the True Cross during her visit to the Holy Land.
		Her mother Queen Marguerite, sister of Francis I of France, was sympathetic to the new religion, but she remained a Catholic.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~cns/women/women.html (1346 words)

	Station Information - Saint Helena
		Saint Helena is an island in the Atlantic Ocean 2,800 km off the west coast of Africa belonging to the United Kingdom.
		The island served as a strategic island for ships on their way to the Indian Ocean before the Suez Canal was built.
		Napoleon Bonaparte ended his life in exile on St. Helena, and the St. Helena tourist industry is heavily based around the promotion of this particular aspect of the island's history.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/saint_helena.html (185 words)

	St. Helena
		Of humble origins, Helena was born in about 249, probably in Drepanum in Bithynia, and lived in concubinage with Constantius I Chlorus.
		When in 206 her son Constantine became Emperor of the Western Empire, Helena was brought back to the court where she became a person of power and fame.
		Helena died shortly after her journey and was later made a saint in both the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church for her discovery.
	www.ancientroute.com /people/Helena.htm (212 words)

	St. Helena (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Helena, mother of Constantine I, called the Great, was born of humble parents in the Roman province of Moesia, a land on the western shore of the Black Sea.
		Constantine's father, Constantius Chlorus, who had risen to the throne by way of military success, was also a native of that region.
		Helena became zealous for the faith, using her influence and wealth to extend Christianity.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/HELENA.htm (388 words)

	St. Helena (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Helena, the mother of Constantine I (The Great), was born about 248, possibly in Drepanum in Bithynia.
		Helena divided the cross into three parts and took one to Rome, one to Constantinople, and left one in Jerusalem.
		Helena?s feast day is August 18 in the west and in the east, she shares May 21 with her son Constantine; but the ?Invention of the True Cross?
	www.stjohns-stamford.org /chapel/StHelena.html (397 words)

	Encyclopedia: Helena
		Helena, Montana Helena is the capital of Montana, a state of the United States of America.
		Helena is a village located in Sandusky County, Ohio.
		Helena is one of the iconic four young lovers in William Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Helena (580 words)

	Helena - Mother of Constantine the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Much of Helena’s life history is unknown including her nationality and actual date of her birth.
		For political reasons, he was compelled to divorce Helena and marry the daughter of Maximilian.
		He restored to her the imperial dignity, gave her the title of Augusta, and caused her to be received at court with al the honor due the mother of an emperor.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/women_of_faith/41713 (443 words)

	Books : Helena (Loyola Classics) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Helena is the intelligent, horse-mad daughter of a British chieftan who is suddenly betrothed to the warrior who becomes the Roman emperor Constantius.
		This is a curious short novel by Waugh, telling the life story of Helena, mother of Constantine the Great - dwelling on her marriage to Constantine's father, the strange relationship within the family, and her search for the True Cross in her old age.
		It is about the mother of Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor, and her search for the True Cross in fourth century Palestine, after a life of imperial politics that took her from one end of the known world to the other.
	www.billclintonmemoir.com /082942122X/Helena_Loyola_Classics.shtml (240 words)

	Nail (relic) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Helena left all but a few fragments of the Cross in the Basilica of the (The sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection) Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, but returned with the nails to Constantinople.
		"The mother of the emperor, on learning the accomplishment of her desire, gave orders that a portion of the nails should be inserted in the royal helmet, in order that the head of her son might be preserved from the darts of his enemies398.
		Similarly the diadem of Constantine is asserted to be at (Click link for more info and facts about Monza) Monza, and it has long been known as "the iron crown of Lombardy."
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/na/nail_(relic).htm (274 words)

	Helena of Britain Medieval Legend, 0859916251, £50.00/$90.00, 223pp 2002
		St Helena, mother of Constantine the Great and legendary finder of the True Cross, was appropriated in the middle ages as a British saint.
		The rise and persistence of this legend harnessed Helena's imperial and sacred status to portray her as a romance heroine, source of national pride, and a legitimising link to imperial Rome.
		Two previously unpublished vitae of St Helena are included in the volume: a Middle English verse vita from the South English Legendary, and a Latin prose vita by the twelfth-century hagiographer, Jocelin of Furness.
	www.boydell.co.uk /59916251.HTM (337 words)

	Saint Helena St. Helena (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		After the happy discovery, St. Helena and Constantine erected a magnificent basilica over the Holy Sepulchre, and that is the reason why the church bore the name of St. Constantinus.
		Perhaps the oratory built by Constantine suffered less at the hands of the Persians than the other buildings, and so could still retain the name and style of Martyrium Constantinianum.
		One of the nails was fastened to the emperor's helmet, and one to his horse's bridle, bringing to pass, according to many of the Fathers, what had been written by Zacharias the Prophet: "In that day that which is upon the bridle of the horse shall be holy to the Lord" (Zach., xiv, 20).
	www.reu.org /public/saints/Helena.HTM (1460 words)

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