The Helmet of Constantine was an item that was made from the relics gathered by St. Helena. Constantine’s conversion to Christianity, which happened around AD 300, was one of great importance. During this time period it was believed that touching the body of the deceased or even something that came in contact with the person who had died, was said to have special powers. This belief started a huge obsession with finding these relics to protect temples, cities, and even people.
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“She left the web, she left the loom,
She made three paces through the room,
She saw the water-lily bloom,
She saw the helmet and the plume,
She looked down to Camelot.
Out flew the web and floated wide;
The mirror cracked from side to side;
“The curse is come upon me,” cried
The Lady of Shalott.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)