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Helena (St.) "Of The Cross" Of COLCHESTER

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Name Helena (St.) "Of The Cross" Of COLCHESTER Nickname Of The Cross Birth Abt 273 Colchester, Britain Gender Female Alt. Birth Abt 290 Alt. Birth Alt. Death Abt 328 Alt. Death - Necomedia
Relationship (J,M&L) - 52nd Great-grandparent
Name Helena (St.) Of DREPANUM Name Of The Cross _UID BFA51E3956BB4F1887D61978F7D22B7E9349 Death Abt 328 Drepanum, Bithynia Person ID I11087 Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy Last Modified 5 Feb 2012
Father Coilus II (Cole) King Of COLCHESTER, b. Abt 232 d. Yes, date unknown Mother Strada "The Fair" Of COMBRIA, b. Abt 257 d. 360 (Age ~ 103 years) Family ID F2191 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Constantius I Chlorus Emperor ROMAN EMPIRE, b. Abt 31 Mar 240, Naissus, Dacia Ripensis, Roman Empire (Niš, Serbia) d. 25 Jul 306, Eboracum, Britannia, Roman Empire (York, England)
(Age ~ 66 years)
Divorced Divorced Divorced 289 Divorced _STAT Divorced Children 1. Constantine "The Great" Emperor ROMAN EMPIRE, b. 27 Feb 287-288, Naissus, Moesia Superior (Now Nish, Serbia) d. 22 May 337, Nicomedia
(Age 49 years)
Family ID F5608 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Notes - Roman empress who was the reputed discoverer of Christ's cross.
Some genealogies show her as the daughter of Colius II, King of Britain, by Strada of Combria, but this is unlikely.
Birth: ABT 248 in Drepanum, Bithynis (now TUR)
Note: Various sources indicate that Drepanum was renamed Helenopolis by Helena's son Constantinus I to honour and to perpetuate Helena's memory (e.g., Sozom., Hist. Eccl., 2.2.5). Procopius (Aedif. 5.2.1-5) mentions that Constantine changed the name of Drepanum to Helenopolis because his mother was born there.
Death: ABT 328 in Necomedia
Event: Pilgrimage to Holy land Misc 326 PAL
Source: lorenfamily.com
- Roman empress who was the reputed discoverer of Christ's cross.