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In hagiography: Helen, the mother of Constantine the Great, is honored in the Syriac church in the hymn to the holy women. Her role in the discovery of the true cross was described in the Syriac narratives. Her feast day is with her son, Constantine.

Names

  • Helen
  • HÉLÈNE1

Birth

250

Death

330

Sex

female1

Descriptions

In the West, Helena is celebrated on the 18 of August.

Notes

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  • 1 Jean-Maurice Fiey, Saints syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 188.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Jules Baudot, Léon Chaussin and Benedictines, Vies des saints et des bienheureux selon l'ordre du calendrier: avec l'historique des fêtes (Paris: Librairie Letouzey et Ané, 1935)., vol: VIII, p: 322-25.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Fernand Cabrol and Henri Leclercq, Dictionnaire d'archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie (Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1907), vol: VI, col: col. 2126-45.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Jean-Maurice Fiey, "Iconographie syriaque: Hulagu, Doquz Khatun ... et six ambons?." Le Muséon vol. 88:1-2 (1975)., p: 59-64.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 Pontificia Università lateranense and Istituto Giovanni XXIII, Bibliotheca sanctorum (Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontificia Università lateranense, 1961)., vol: IV, p: 988-95.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 8 Jan Willem Drijvers, Helena Augusta, waarheid en legende (Groningen: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 1989).Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 9 Michel van Esbroeck, "Hélène à Édesse et la Croix." in Gerrit J. Reinink and A. C. Klugkist (eds.), After Bardaisan: Studies on Continuity and Change in Syriac Christianity in Honour of Professor Han J.W. Drijvers, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 89 (Louvain: Peeters, 1999), p: 107-15.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Helen” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1265.

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Helen.”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/1265.

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