Editing Helena, mother of Constantine I (section)

==Relics==
Her alleged skull is displayed in the east crypt of the [[Cathedral of Trier]], in [[Germany]].<ref>{{aut|Prof. Dr. Franz Ronig}}: ''Trier Cathedral'', information brochure published by Trier Cathedral (2017).</ref> Portions of her relics are found at the basilica of [[Santa Maria in Ara Coeli]] in [[Rome]], the [[Église Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles]] in [[Paris]], and at the [[Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Hautvillers]].

The church of [[Sant'Elena, Venice|Sant'Elena]] in [[Venice]] claims to have the complete body of the saint enshrined under the main altar. In 1517, the English priest, Richard Torkington, having seen the relics during a visit to Venice described them as follows: "{{lang|en-emodeng|She lith in a ffayr place of religion, of white monks, ye may see her face perfythly, her body ys covered with a cloth of whith sylke ... Also there lyes upon her breast a lytell crosse made of the holy crosse ...}}"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mark-patton.blogspot.com/2015/08/ancient-skulls-and-medieval.html|title=Time Present and Time Past: Ancient Skulls and Medieval Skullduggery - the Mysterious Afterlives of Saint Helena|date=9 August 2015}}</ref> In an ecumenical gesture, these relics visited the [[Church of Greece|Orthodox Church of Greece]] and were displayed in the church of Agia Varvara (Saint Barbara) in [[Athens]] from 14 May to 15 June 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailyhellas.com/2017/05/15/the-holy-relics-of-saint-helen-came-to-greece-for-the-first-time-since-1211/|title=The Holy Relics of Saint Helen came to Greece for the first time since 1211|date=15 May 2017}}</ref>

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File:CaputSHelenae 0578a.jpg|Helena's skull relic in the crypt of [[Cathedral of Trier|Trier Cathedral]]
File:2018 Trier, Domschatzkammer, Helena-Trinkschale 2.jpg|So-called "cup of Saint Helena" in the [[Treasury of Trier Cathedral]]
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