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Há 1 dia · Constantine's mother was Helena, a Greek woman of low social standing from Helenopolis of Bithynia. It is uncertain whether she was legally married to Constantius or merely his concubine. His main language was Latin, and during his public speeches he needed Greek translators.
Há 2 dias · May 30, 2024 • By Jeff Williamson, MA History, BA History. Saint Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine, is credited by Saint Ambrose of Milan with the recovery of perhaps Christendom’s most sacred relic: The True Cross. Whether or not she actually was the one to find it was secondary to Ambrose’s primary objective — to join imperial ...
Há 3 dias · In 327, Constantine and Helena separately commissioned the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to commemorate the birth of Jesus. Damage and destruction (614–1009)
Há 2 dias · I had assumed that, rather like the story of St Augustine and his mother Monica, Helena had influenced Constantine to adopt the Christian faith, but this is not actually the case; Helena was originally a pagan, probably of very lowly origins, who eventually became a Christian in the first years of Constantine ’ s reign as a result of his encouragement, after his famous defeat of his rival at ...
Há 2 dias · In 326 AD, Constantine ordered his firstborn son to be put to death. Crispus was executed in Pula (Croatia) with “cold poison,” as mentioned in texts of the time. Some historians argue the texts mean “the coldness of poison.”. The fact is that the young man died of poisoning due to the orders of his father.
Há 6 dias · It was founded by Saint Helena the mother of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine the Great at the place where after a miracle she found the lost Holy Cross on her way back from her pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Saint Helena went on the pilgrimage after the First Ecumenical Synod in Nicaea (325).
Há 5 dias · 5. St. Helena – Patron of Abandoned Spouses. Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, was married to Constantius Chlorus, co-regent of the western Roman empire. Her husband cruelly divorced her so he could marry a woman with better political connections. On his death, her son ascended to the throne and restored her to the palace.
