by Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Aug 18, 2022 / 04:00 am On Aug. 18, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Helena. The mother of Constantine the Great, St. Helena is believed to have restored many sites in the Holy Land, where she discovered the cross on which Christ …

Not much is known about Saint Helena but it is probable that she was born in the middle of the third century in Asia Minor. She worked as a stable maid as a young woman, according to Saint Anselm. Helena later married a young Roman official, Constantius Chlorus, who took …