death_date attributes feast_day venerated_in patronage birth_date major_shrine article_title name
327/30 cross 18 may -lrb- orthodox anglican & lutheran churches -rrb- ; 19 august may -lrb- few lutheran churches -rrb- ; 9 pashons -lrb- -lrb- coptic orthodox church -rrb- roman catholic church -rrb- ; 21 roman catholic church archaeologists , empresses , saint helena island , converts , difficult marriages , divorced people 246/50 the basilica shrine to saint helena in st. peter 's helena -lrb- empress -rrb-
 saint helena
helena -lrb- empress -rrb-

saint helena or saint helen -lrb- ; -- -rrb- was the consort of the roman emperor constantius chlorus and the mother of the emperor constantine the great .
she is an important figure in the history of christianity and the world due to her major influence on her son and her own contributions in placing christianity at the heart of western civilization .
she is traditionally credited with a pilgrimage to syria palaestina , during which she is claimed to have discovered the true cross .
she is revered as a saint by the eastern and oriental orthodox , the roman catholic , and the anglican as well as commemorated by the lutheran church .
