Fortunately, Cipriano's wet-nurse, Minervina -- a young teenager who had lost her own child --, is a loving caregiver and protector, the mother-figure he needs.
Meanwhile, Bernardo also lusts after Minervina, and his attempts to spy on and seduce her are very nicely presented.
But without Minervina he can never be whole; hence also, perhaps, his abandoning of worldly things and descent into the opacity of religion, which he can convince himself is meaningful.
His mother Minervina was either a concubine or a first wife to Constantine.
In 307, Constantine allied to the Italian Augusti, and this alliance was sealed with the marriage of Constantine to Fausta, daughter of Maximian and sister of Maxentius.
One should note that the story of Minervina was quite similar to that of Helena of Constantinople.
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