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Helena

c. 248 – c. 330 · b. Drepanum
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Mother of Constantine the Great. Pilgrim to the Holy Land (c. 326-328); traditionally credited with discovering the True Cross and founding churches at Bethlehem and the Mount of Olives.

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Sources for biography

  • Eusebius, Vita Constantini 3.42-47 primary
  • Socrates Scholasticus, Hist. Eccl. 1.17 primary

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