Basilica Santa Croce in Gerusalemme by swisslady
Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Via Carlo Felice and Via di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.St. Helen was the mother of Rome?s first Christian emperor, Constantine. St. Helen made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and returned with many relics of the Passion, now housed in a chapel in the lower level of the church. Among these relics are the cross of the "Good Thief", nails from Christ?s Passion, a thorn from the Crown of Thorns, the "INRI" sign from Christ?s cross, pieces of the Cross, and the finger of St. Thomas, or "Doubting Thomas."