Saint Helena of Constantinople (248/250-328 CE) was the mother of Roman emperor Constantine I (r. 306-337 CE). She famously made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem where tradition claims found Christ's true cross and built the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher. She is venerated as a saint and considered the patron of archaeologists, converts, difficult marriages, divorced people, empresses, Saint Helena Island, and new discoveries.
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c. 248 CE - c. 328 CELife of Saint Helena of Constantinople, mother of Roman emperor Constantine I.
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272 CEPossible year of Emperor Constantine's birth.
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326 CESaint Helena of Constantinople goes on pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
