St
Helena was the mother of Constantine the Great. She made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 324AD
and founded the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
She went to Bethlehem as well and had the Church of the Nativity built.
Her final resting place is in the Abbey of Hautvillers
near Rheims in France. Her feast day is
August 18.
She is a saint recognised by not only Catholics but
also Anglicans and Orthodox churches. She
is sometimes known as Helen of Constantinople.
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