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Persoonlijke gegevens Saint Constantine 'the great' Flavius Valerius Aurelius of Rome Roman emperor 

• Alternatieve naam: Constantine The Great
• Hij is geboren op 17 februari 265 in (Abt 27 Feb 272) Ebolacum, Brittain.
• Hij is overleden op 22 mei 337 in Nicomedia, hij was toen 72 jaar oud.
• Hij is begraven in Church of the Holy Apostles, Constantinople, Turkey.
• Een kind van Constantius I (Flavius Valerius Constantius) Emperor of Rome en Helena of the Cross Empress of Rome
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 4 december 2022.

Gezin van Saint Constantine 'the great' Flavius Valerius Aurelius of Rome Roman emperor

(1) Hij is getrouwd met Minervina.

Zij zijn getrouwd te Unmarried.

Kind(eren):

1. Crispus [illegitimate] of Rome  < 307-326

(2) Hij is getrouwd met Fausta Flavia Maxima of Rome.

Zij zijn getrouwd.

Kind(eren):

1. Constantine II of Rome  309-340
2. Constantius II (Flavius Julius Constantius) of Rome  317-361 
3. Constans I Augustus (Flavius Julius Constans) of Rome  ± 321-350 
4. Princess Helena of Rome  319-????
5. Princess Constantia of Rome  323-????

Notities over Saint Constantine 'the great' Flavius Valerius Aurelius of Rome Roman emperor

after the death of his father at York (July 25, 306), proclaimed emperor by the legions of Gaul

     Constantine I, Augustus, (Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantius),
born 265, in Ebolacum, Btittain. He died May 22, 337, and is buried in the church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople. Constantine received only a meager education. He took up soldiering early, and proved his valor in the wars against Egypt and Persia. He was of British birth and education, and is known as the first Christian Emperor. He fought with his father in the Boulogne campaign and shared in a British campaign. The Gallic army, deeply loyal to the humane Constantius, came to love his handsome, brave, and energetic son; and when the father died at York in 306, the troops proclaimed Constantine not merely as "Caesar" but as Augustus - emperor. He accepted the lesser title, excusing himself on the grounds that his life would be unsafe without an army at his back. Consequently Constantine fought successfully against the invading Franks. Later, with a British army he set out to put down the persecution of Christians forever. The greatest of all Roman Emperors, he annexed Britain to the Roman Empire and founded Constantinople. In the year 321 he decreed that the Christian Sunday be truly observed as a day of rest. In 325 he assembled the Council of Nicea in Bithynia, Asia Minor, which he attended in person. This Council formulated the Nicene Creed. The following edict of Constantine sets forth the standards of his life: "We call God to witness, the Savior of all men, that in assuming the government we are influenced solely by these two considerations - the uniting of the empire in one faith, and the restoration of peace to a world rent in pieces by the insanity of religious persecution."

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In "The History of the Church", Eusebius of Caesarea, a "bishop in Palestine who survived years of persecution...wrote how God miraculously intervened on October 28, 312, by revealing Christ's sign in the heavens to the pagan emperor Constantine and gaining his allegiance."
Constantine "subjected the Roman empire to a massive restructuring... . What he did--and did gradually, in order to minimize opposition from powerful senators--was transfer the empire's basic allegiance from the traditional guardians of its welfare, the gods of Rome, to the foreign god worshiped by those whom his predecessors had persecuted for atheism." In 325 he assembled the Council of Nicea in Bithynia, Asia Minor, which he attended in person.   The "...emperor himself attended the council and participated in it, telling his guests at one of the lavish state dinners that he believed God had appointed him ' bishop (the Greek term means 'supervisor') of those outside the church."
Constantine was, however, a practical military leader. ; He chose to recognize only those who "belonged to what may have become, by this time, the best-organized and largest group, which he called 'lawful and most holy catholic ( which literally means "universal") church."
( " Beyond Belief--The Secret Gospel of Thomas", cite below).
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"Constantine received only a meager education. He took up soldiering early, and proved his valor in the wars against Egypt and Persia. He was of British birth and education, and is known as the first Christian Emperor. He fought with his father in the Boulogne campaign and shared in a British campaign. The Gallic army, deeply loyal to the humane Constantius, came to love his handsome, brave, and energetic son; and when the father died at York in 306, the troops proclaimed Constantine not merely as "Caesar" but as Augustus - emperor. He accepted the lesser title, excusing himself on the grounds that his life would be unsafe without an army at his back. Consequently Constantine fought successfully against the invading Franks. Later, with a British army he set out to put down the persecution of Christians forever.

By his first wife (1) Minervina he was father of Flavius Valerius Crispus Caesar. He married (2) Fausta, sister of his step-mother, Theodora. Fausta and Theodora and their brother Maxentius were children of Maximinus, Roman Emperor (286-305). One writer, Brewer, said he was a giant, eight feet, six inches tall! His son Maxentius, Emperor (310-311), married Valeria, daughter of Galerius, Emperor (310-311), and his wife, Valeria, who was daughter of Diocletian, Emperor (284-305). Fausta and Constantine the Great had three sons: Constantine II., Constantius II., and Constants I., and a daughter, Helen, wife of Julian the Apostate. (narrative contributed by "Neuman-Smith-Goodale Family and Ancestors" Michael R. Neuman (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX))

SOURCES:
LITERATURE:
" Beyond Belief--The Secret Gospel of Thomas", by Elaine Pagels, Random House, NY, C. 2003 (1)
AWTP:
"Neuman-Smith-Goodale Family and Ancestors" Michael R. Neuman (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX) (2)

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