St. Helena of Constantinople (268? – 330) is most famous as the mother of Emperor Constantine, the first Christian emperor of Rome. Historian know little about her early life, but she is thought to have come from a humble background. As a young woman, she married Constantius Chlorus, a Roman military tribune and governor. The two of them would parent Constantine, the future great emperor. About nineteen years after Constantine’s birth, Constantius Chlorus divorced Helena in order to marry Emperor Maximian’s daughter. Constantius ascended to the imperial throne of the Western Roman Empire in 286. But while it might have been good for his career, it left Helena without her husband.
Saint Helena of Constantinople
Saint Helena of Constantinople
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