Helena Mtakatifu

ya Mt. Helena, Musei Capitolini, Roma, Italia.]]
**Helena** (kwa Kigiriki: Ἑλένη, *Helénē*; kwa Kilatini: **Flavia Iulia Helena Augusta**; 246/248 – Roma, 330 hivi) alikuwa mke wa kaisari Constantius Chlorus. 

Alijitokeza kwa bidii zake za kusaidia fukara; pia alikuwa anaingia makanisani kwa moyo wa ibada akijichanganya na umati wa waumini .

Alipohiji Yerusalemu ili kuheshimu mahali pa kuzaliwa, kuteseka na kufufuka Yesu Kristo, alitembelea pango na msalaba wake akapajengea mabasilika ya fahari .

Ni maarufu hasa kama mama wa Konstantino Mkuu aliyemuelekeza kupenda Ukristo na hivyo alichangia 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 
## Marejeo ya Kiswahili
* John Kabeya na wengine - Maisha ya Watakatifu – ed. T.M.P. Book Department – Tabora 1965, 1989, uk. 284-285
* Pd. Leandry Kimario, O.F.M.Cap. - Mfahamu Mtakatifu Somo Wako - Maisha ya Watakatifu wa Kila Siku pamoja na Watakatifu Wafransisko - Toleo la pili - Dar es Salaam 2021, uk. 246-247
* Maurice Soseleje, Kalendari yetu – Maisha ya Watakatifu – Toleo la pili – ed. Benedictine Publications Ndanda Peramiho – Peramiho 1986 – ISBN 9976-63-112-X, uk. 66

## Marejeo ya lugha nyingine
### 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

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## 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