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Elen

legendary wife of Macsen Wledig (Magnus Maximus) who brought the ideas of Martin of Tours to Wales

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Feast: 22 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
340
Died
420
Beatified
not on record
Canonised
500
unverified

Who they were

Saint Elen (Welsh: Elen Luyddog, lit. "Helen of the Hosts"), often anglicized as Helen, was a late 4th-century founder of churches in Wales. Although never formally canonized by Rome, Elen is traditionally considered a saint in the Welsh Church; in English she is sometimes known as Saint Helen of Caernarfon to distinguish her from Saint Helena ("Helen of Constantinople").

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Connected on this site

Sources
  • Wikidata Q1327859 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Saint Elen (CC BY-SA)

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