{"slug": "helena-mother-of-constantine-i", "label": "Helena, mother of Constantine I", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena%2C_mother_of_Constantine_I", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170164", "qid": "Q170164", "description": "saint, first wife of Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus, and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great (250-330)", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [248, 330], "span_label": ["248 CE", "330 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Helena (Empress)"], "related": [{"slug": "constantine-the-great", "label": "Constantine the Great", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "true-cross", "label": "True Cross", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "anatolia", "label": "Anatolia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jerusalem", "label": "Jerusalem", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jesus", "label": "Jesus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "church-of-the-holy-sepulchre", "label": "Church of the Holy Sepulchre", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cyprus", "label": "Cyprus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-land", "label": "Holy Land", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 248, "year_label": "248 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Flavia Iulia Helena, Greco-Roman Augusta (empress), mother of Constantine I (approximate date) (d. 330)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371189423#Births", "title": "248", "revid": 1371189423, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 255, "year_label": "255 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Saint Helena, Roman empress who was the reputed discoverer of Christ’s cross and mother of Emperor Constantine (d. 318)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371186924#Births", "title": "255", "revid": 1371186924, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 318, "year_label": "318 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Constantine the Great gives the ancient Roman town Drepana (Asia Minor) the name Helenopolis, after his mother Helena, and builds a church in honour of the martyr St. Lucian.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330160313#Roman_Empire", "title": "318", "revid": 1330160313, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 326, "year_label": "326 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 14", "text": "September 14 (traditional date) – Helena, mother of Constantine I, discovers the so-called True Cross and the Holy Sepulchre (Jesus's tomb) in Jerusalem. On her pilgrimage, which begins about this year, she pauses on the Aegean island of Patmos, where she is said to found the church of Panagia Ekatontapiliani.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366011464#Religion", "title": "326", "revid": 1366011464, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 327, "year_label": "327 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Approximate traditional date – Helena, mother of Constantine, returning from her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, founds Stavrovouni Monastery on Cyprus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367622496#Religion", "title": "327", "revid": 1367622496, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 330, "year_label": "330 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Helena (Augusta), mother of Constantine I", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368804630#Deaths", "title": "330", "revid": 1368804630, "section": "Deaths"}}]}