A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1876)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York: Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge : Riverside Press · leaf 149
in England, butthe exact location of her birthis a matter of dispute anddoubt. She married Constan-tius Chlorus, (the Pale),and was the mother of Con-stantine the Great. Whenher son embraced Christian-ity she was much distressed,and declared that it wouldhave been better to be a Jewthan a… … (Boifser^e Gallery.)St. Helena. ILLUSTRATED IN ART. 131 Palestine, and when she arrived at Jerusalem, she was inspiredwith a strong desire to discover the cross upon which Christ h»^^suffered. The temple of Venus stood upon the spot supposed to uethe place of the crucifixion. She ordered this to be…
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