ST See also:

• HELENA
• ST HELENA (c. 247-c. 327)

HELENA (c. 247-c. 327)  the wife of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• CONSTANTIUS, FLAVIUS VALERIUS

Constantius I . Chlorus, and See also:

• MOTHER

mother of See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine the See also:

• GREAT

Great . She was a woman of humble origin, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born probably at Drepanum, a See also:

• TOWN

town on the Gulf of See also:

• NICOMEDIA [mod. Ismid]

Nicomedia, which Constantine named Helenopolis in her See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour . Very little is known of her See also:

• HISTORY

history . It is certain that, at an advanced See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, she undertook a See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage to See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine, visited the See also:

• HOLY

holy places, and founded several churches . She was still living at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• MURDER

murder of Crispus (326) . Constantine had coins struck with the effigy of his mother . The name of See also:

• HELENA
• HELENA, ST (c. 247-c. 327)

Helena is intimately connected with the commonly received See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of the See also:

• CROSS

Cross . But the accounts which connect her with the discovery are much later than the date of the event . The See also:

• PILGRIM

Pilgrim of See also:

• BORDEAUX

Bordeaux (333), See also:

• EUSEBIUS
• EUSEBIUS (Gr. EuOi/3tos, from ebaegils, pious, cf. the Latin name Pius)
• EUSEBIUS [OF CAESAREA] (c. 260-c. 340)
• EUSEBIUS [OF EMESA] (d. c. "36o)

Eusebius and See also:

• CYRIL (376-444)
• CYRIL (827-869)
• CYRIL (c. 315–386)

Cyril of See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem were unaware of this important See also:

• EPISODE

episode in the See also:

• LIFE

life of the empress . It was only at the end of the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West that the See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend appeared . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal centre of the cult of St Helena in the West seems to be the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of Hautvilliers, near See also:

• REIMS
• REIMS (RHEIMS)

Reims, where since the 9th century they have claimed to be in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of her See also:

• BODY

body .

In See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England legends arose representing her as the daughter of a- See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain . Following these See also:

• GEOFFREY
• GEOFFREY (1158-1186)
• GEOFFREY (c. I152-1212)

Geoffrey of See also:

• MONMOUTH (Welsh Mynwy)
• MONMOUTH, BATTLE OF (1778)
• MONMOUTH, JAMES SCOTT
• MONMOUTH, ROBERT CAREY, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1560-1639)

Monmouth makes her the daughter of Coel, the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king who is supposed to have given his name to the town of See also:

• COLCHESTER
• COLCHESTER, CHARLES ABBOT, 1ST BARON (1757-1829)

Colchester . These legends have doubt-less not been without See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on the cult of the See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint in England, where a great number of churches are dedicated either to St Helena alone, or to St Cross and St Helena . Her festival is celebrated in the Latin See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church on the 18th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August . The Greeks make no distinction between her festival and that of Constantine, the 21st of May . See Acta sanctorum, See also:

• AUGUSTI, JOHANN CHRISTIAN WILHELM (1772-1841)

Augusti iii . 548-58o; Tixeront, See also:

• LES

Les Origines , de l'eglise d'Edesse (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1888) ; F . See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold-See also:

• FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• FORSTER, JOHN (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

Forster, Studies in Church Dedications or England's See also:

• PATRON

Patron See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

Saints, i . 181-189, iii . 16, 365-366 (1899) . (H .