Note 010 Theodoret (1. i. c. 18) seems to insinuate that Helena gave her son a Christian education; but we may be assured, from the superior authority of Esebius (in Vit. Constant. 1. iii. c. 47), that she herself was indebted to Constantine for the knowledge of Christianity.

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Note to Chapter 20 of DECLINE & FALL by Gibbon