This saint's discovery of a hill overgrown with basil prompted the Greek tradition of distributing sprigs of that plant.
This saint's discovery of a hill overgrown with basil prompted the Greek tradition of distributing sprigs of that plant. The Jew Judas Cyriacus was himself sainted for aiding this saint. According to legend, this saint instantly calmed a storm by throwing a nail into the sea. A pageant held on the 炬nal day of the Filipino festival Flores de Mayo honors this saint's most important miracle, in which she either raised a dead man or healed a sick woman on her third attempt. She is said to have caused an overpopulation of cats at a Cypriot monastery by having them imported to battle an infestation of snakes. She is the namesake of a chapel in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which was built on the site where she discovered the True Cross. For 10 points, name this saint who was almost 80 years old when she began a relic-hunting trip to Jerusalem at the behest of her son, the Roman emperor Constantine.
This saint's discovery of a hill overgrown with basil prompted the Greek tradition of distributing sprigs of that plant.
St. Helena of Constantinople