SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 1st of February WELCOME! SAINT HELENA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR According to Gelenius *, Helena, as well as her sisters Brigida and Sapientia, are venerated as daughters of the holy King Kilian and relatives of Saint Ursula. The Bollandists list her on February 1. She is also commemorated on October 21. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 618) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Helena may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 13th of August SAINTS CENTOLLA AND HELENA, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saints Centolla and Helena. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Burgos, in Spain, the Saints Centolla and Helena, martyrs." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Centolla and Helena may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 22 May SAINT HELENA, VIRGIN Today, we also commemorate Saint Helena. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Auxerre, Saint Helena , virgin." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Helena may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 22 May SAINT HELENA OF AUXERRE, VIRGIN Saint Helena  was a virgin born in Auxerre at the time of Bishop Amator (died around the year 418). She shone with her virtues and miracles. Details of her life have not come down to us. According to Saussayus , quoted by the Bollandists *, the translation of her relics is celebrated at Auxerre on June 20. But they remark that her feast day is on May 22, and that her veneration as a saint is very old. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Helena may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 18th of August WELCOME! SAINT HELENA, EMPRESS The mother of Constantine the Great, born about the middle of the third century. She became the lawful wife of Constantius Chlorus. Her first and only son, Constantine, was born in Naissus in Upper Moesia, in the year 274.  In the year 292 Constantius, having become co-Regent of the West, gave himself up to considerations of a political nature and forsook Helena in order to marry Theodora, the step-daughter of Emperor Maximianus Herculius, his patron, and benefactor.  HE REMAINED LOYAL TO HER But her son remained faithful and loyal to her. On the death of Constantius Chlorus, in 308, Constantine, who succeeded him, summoned his mother to the imperial court, conferred on her the title of Augusta, ordered that all honour should be paid her as the mother of the sovereign, and had coins struck bearing her effigy. Her son's influence caused her to embrace Christianity after his vi...