HELENA, TUTOR OF PRINCESS MARGARET

HELENA, TUTOR OF PRINCESS MARGARET - 18 AUGUST

Saints celebrated on the 18th of August

HELENA, TUTOR OF PRINCESS MARGARET

Helena, of the Order of Saint Dominic, was the teacher of the Blessed Princess Margaret (Margarita).

"Blessed Helena" - as she is referred to there - is said to be venerated at Weszprim [Veszprem], Hungary. Marchese* (II. 72) lists her as such on March 16.

Her place and date of birth are unknown, as are the details of when and where she entered the monastery.

Her life, Marchese* relates, was one of constant prayer; her body bore the stigmata of Christ. She frequently experienced apparitions of angels and saints praying with her and singing praises to God; future events were revealed to her, and more often than not she foretold their fates to her fellow sisters. Even withered flowers began to green and blossom again as soon as Helena touched them.

According to Ferrarius*, Helena died in A.D. 1270. In Art. Mart.*, her death anniversary is said to occur on October 4. The Bollandists* mention her among the Praetermissi on August 18 and relate further details in their entry on November 9. (Aug. III. 519)

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 620)

*A hagiography source used by the authors

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