Helena, Saint

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• Helena, Saint — (c. 250 c. 330)    Saint Helena was the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great who, in 313, issued the Edict of Milan that allowed Christians to practice their faith freely in the Roman Empire. Helena converted to Christianity at the age of 63,… …   Dictionary of Renaissance art

• Helena, Saint — born с 248, Drepanon?, Bithynia, Asia Minor died с 328, Nicomedia; Western feast day Aug. 18; Eastern feast day [with Constantine] May 21 Roman empress and mother of Constantine I. She was the wife of Constantius I (Constantius Chlorus) before he …   Universalium

• Saint Paul — usually refers to the biblical apostle Paul of Tarsus or the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota. It may also refer to:People* Paul the Apostle, previously known as Saul of Tarsus ( ca. 5–67CE) * Paul of Thebes, an Egyptian saint, regarded as the first …   Wikipedia

• Saint Karapet Monastery — Սուրբ Կարապետ Վանք Church of Surb Karapet from South West in 1893 …   Wikipedia

• Saint Gevorg Monastery of Mughni — Saint Gevorg Monastery Սուրբ Գեւորգ Վանք The Church of S. Gevorg …   Wikipedia

• Saint Helena — For other uses, see Saint Helena (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• Helena — Infobox Given Name Revised name = Helena imagesize= caption= pronunciation= gender = Female meaning = region = origin = related names = Helen, Helene footnotes = Helena is a given name. People known by the given name Helena*Helena Paparizou,… …   Wikipedia

• Helena — /hel euh neuh/; for 3 also /heuh lee neuh/, n. 1. Saint, c247 c330, mother of Constantine I. 2. a city in and the capital of Montana, in the W part. 23,938. 3. a female given name, form of Helen. * * * I City (pop., 2000: 25,780), capital of… …   Universalium

• Saint — 1347 80, Italian ascetic and mystic. died A.D. 731, pope 715 731. died A.D. 741, pope 731 741. died A.D. 352, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 337 352. died A.D. 683, Sicilian ecclesiastic: pope 682 683. died A.D. 855, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 847… …   Universalium

• saint — saintless, adj. /saynt/, n. 1. any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, esp. by canonization. 2. a person of great holiness, virtue, or benevolence. 3. a founder, sponsor, or… …   Universalium