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• King Constantine was believed to have been baptized by an Arian, on his death bed. How could we then verify his sainthood?
• Why does the Coptic Orthodox church consider Constantine the Great a saint mentioning his name in the Synaxarium; when he had helped Arius against Pope Alexander, according to late father Mansy Yohanna's book about the church history?
• Why is Emperor Constantine canonized as a Saint (at least in the Eastern Orthodox Church)? The most cursory glance at history would show him very much steeped in paganism and with vicious military/foreign policies. In addition, he was baptized on his deathbed not to mention by an Arian. Are there any Traditions or Patristic writings (Lactantius aside) that would show that he truly deserves canonicity?