The Sarcophagi of Helena and Constantina are two fourth century porphyry sarcophagi located in the Pio-Clementine Vatican Museum in Rome.
Sarcophagus of Helena
Sarcophagus of Constantina (340 AD)
Mausoleum of Helena
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The Mausoleum of Helena is an ancient building in Rome, Italy, located on the Via Casilina, corresponding to the 3rd mile of the ancient Via Labicana. It was built by the Roman emperor Constantine I b
Sarcophagi of Helena and Constantina
…Helena, the mother of emperor Constantine the Great, was buried (died 329). The coffin, deprived of its contents for centuries, was removed from the Mausoleum of Helena at Tor Pignatarra, just outside the walled city of Rome. In the 12th century it was moved to the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran for the burial of…
The Mausoleum of Helena
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The Sarcophagus of Helena