Helena Mtakatifu

Helena (kwa Kigiriki: Ἁγία Ἑλένη, Hagía Helénē; kwa Kilatini: Flavia Iulia Helena Augusta; 250 hivi – 330 hivi) alikuwa mke wa kaisari Constantius Chlorus. 

Ni maarufu hasa kama mama Mkristo wa Konstantino Mkuu aliyemuelekeza kupenda dini yake na hivyo kuchangia uanzishaji wa uhuru wa dini katika Dola la Roma baada ya miaka 250 ya dhuluma dhidi yake.

Tangu kale anaheshimiwa na Wakatoliki, Waorthodoksi na Waorthodoksi wa Mashariki kama mtakatifu.

Sikukuu yake huadhimishwa tarehe 18 Agosti au 21 Mei.

Tazama pia
Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo
Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko

Tanbihi

Vyanzo 
 Barnes, Timothy D. Constantine and Eusebius (CE in citations). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981. ISBN|978-0-674-16531-1
 Barnes, Timothy D. The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine (NE in citations). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982. ISBN|0-7837-2221-4
 Drijvers, Jan Willem. Helena Augusta: The Mother of Constantine the Great and her Finding of the True Cross. Leiden & New York: Brill Publishers, 1992.
 Drijvers, Jan Willem. "Evelyn Waugh, Helena and the True Cross ." Classics Ireland 7 (2000).
 Elliott, T. G. "Constantine's Conversion: Do We Really Need It?" Phoenix 41 (1987): 420–438.
 Elliott, T. G. "Eusebian Frauds in the "Vita Constantini"." Phoenix 45 (1991): 162–171.
 Elliott, T. G. The Christianity of Constantine the Great . Scranton, PA: University of Scranton Press, 1996. ISBN|0-940866-59-5
 Harbus, Antonia. Helena of Britain in Medieval Legend. Rochester, NY: D.S. Brewer, 2002.
 Jones, A.H.M. Constantine and the Conversion of Europe. Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1978 [1948].
 Hunt, E.D. Holy Land Pilgrimage in the Later Roman Empire: A.D. 312–460. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982.
 Lenski, Noel. "The Reign of Constantine." In The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine, edited by Noel Lenski, 59–90. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Hardcover ISBN|0-521-81838-9 Paperback ISBN|0-521-52157-2
 Lieu, Samuel N. C. and Dominic Montserrat. From Constantine to Julian: Pagan and Byzantine Views. New York: Routledge, 1996.
 Mango, Cyril. "The Empress Helena, Helenopolis, Pylae." Travaux et Mémoires 12 (1994): 143–58.
 Odahl, Charles Matson. Constantine and the Christian Empire. New York: Routledge, 2004.
 Pohlsander, Hans. The Emperor Constantine. London & New York: Routledge, 2004. Hardcover ISBN|0-415-31937-4 Paperback ISBN|0-415-31938-2
 Rodgers, Barbara Saylor. "The Metamorphosis of Constantine." The Classical Quarterly 39 (1989): 233–246.
 Wright, David H. "The True Face of Constantine the Great." Dumbarton Oaks Papers 41 (1987): 493–507

Marejeo mengine

Viungo vya nje 

 St. Helena at Catholic Online
 De Imperatoribus Romanis: Helena Augustus (248/249-328/329 A.D.)
 Eternal Word Television Network: Saint Helena Widow C. 330 
 The Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America: St. Helen, Mother of Emperor Constantine, Equal of the Apostles
 s9.com: Helena 
 Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church: The Lives of Sts. Constantine & Helen 
 A Treasury of Martyrs and Saints: Saint Helen, and Emperor Constantine the Great
 Saint Eleanor Catholic Church (Ruidoso, NM) & Saint Jude Catholic Mission (San Patricio, NM): St Helena
 Holy Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai: Saint Helen and the Holy Monastery of Sinai 
 Saint Helena at the Christian Iconography web site
 Of the Invention of the Holy Cross from Caxton's translation of the Golden Legend

Waliozaliwa 250
Waliofariki 330
Watu wa Roma ya Kale
Watakatifu wa Uturuki