TY - BOOK ID - 3031254 TI - Helena Augusta PY - 1992 VL - 27 SN - 09208607 SN - 9004094350 9004246762 9789004094352 9789004246768 PB - Leiden ;New York E.J. Brill DB - UniCat KW - Holy Cross KW - Sainte Croix KW - Legends KW - Légendes KW - Helena, KW - Hélène, sainte (255-330) KW - 7741 KW - Helena KW - -Cross KW - Feast of the Cross KW - Helena Saint KW - Legends. KW - -Legends KW - Légendes KW - Flavia Julia Helena, KW - Helen, KW - Елена, KW - Elena, KW - Hélène, KW - Holy Cross - Legends KW - Hélène, 255-330 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3031254 AB - This study on Flavia Julia Helena Augusta, mother of Constantine the Great, is divided into two parts. The purpose of the first part is to ascertain the facts of Helena's life on the basis of reliable historical sources. The second part deals with the legends concerning the discovery of the True Cross in Jerusalem by Helena. Fact and fiction, which are so often confused in the secondary literature, are carefully distinguished. The first part deals with subjects like Helena's life before the reign of Constantine, her residences in Trier and Rome, her conversion, her position at the court of Constantine, and her pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The second part investigates the origin, development and function of the legends of the discovery of the True Cross, which were developed in the 4th and 5th centuries: the Helena legend, the (Syriac) Protonike legend and the Judas Cyriacus legend. An appendix deals with the portraits of Helena. ER -