History
Concerning the foundation, there is a tradition connecting the way of life of the canonesses with St. James the Apostle, and depicting St. Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great, as being given the religious habit of a canoness by St. Macarius, Bishop of Jerusalem. It was he who accompanied the Empress in her search for the True Cross.
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