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Saint Helena
Saint Helena
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Patron of divorced and difficult marriage and new discovery She discovered the TRUE CROSS
Helena's son remained faithful and loyal to her. On the death of Constantius Chlorus, in 306, Constantine, who succeeded him, summoned his mother to the imperial court, conferred on her the title of Augusta, ordered that all honor should be paid her as the mother of the sovereign, and had coins struck bearing her effigy. Her son's influence caused her to embrace Christianity after his victory over Maxentius. This is directly attested by Eusebius (Vita Constantini, III, xlvii): "She (his mother) became under his (Constantine's) influence such a devout servant of God, that one might believe her to have been from her very childhood a disciple of the Redeemer of mankind". It is also clear from this declaration of the contemporary historian of the Church that Helena, from the time of her conversion, led an earnestly Christian life and by her influence and liberality favored the wider spread of Christianity. She was revered as a saint, and the veneration spread, early in the ninth century, even to Western countries. Her feast falls on August 18. Regarding the finding of the Holy Cross by St. Helena, see The Cross and Crucifix.
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Patron of divorced and difficult marriage and new discovery She discovered the TRUE CROSS
Helena's son remained faithful and loyal to her. On the death of Constantius Chlorus, in 306, Constantine, who succeeded him, summoned his mother to the imperial court, conferred on her the title of Augusta, ordered that all honor should be paid her as the mother of the sovereign, and had coins struck bearing her effigy. Her son's influence caused her to embrace Christianity after his victory over Maxentius. This is directly attested by Eusebius (Vita Constantini, III, xlvii): "She (his mother) became under his (Constantine's) influence such a devout servant of God, that one might believe her to have been from her very childhood a disciple of the Redeemer of mankind". It is also clear from this declaration of the contemporary historian of the Church that Helena, from the time of her conversion, led an earnestly Christian life and by her influence and liberality favored the wider spread of Christianity. She was revered as a saint, and the veneration spread, early in the ninth century, even to Western countries. Her feast falls on August 18. Regarding the finding of the Holy Cross by St. Helena, see The Cross and Crucifix.
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