Blessed Helen of Poland

[Blessed Helen of Poland]
Also known as

  • Helen of Hungary
  • Helena
  • Iolantha
  • Joheleth
  • Jolanda
  • Jolanta
  • Jolenta
  • Yolanda of Hungary

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Born a princess, the daughter of King Bela IV of Hungary and Maria Laskaris. Niece of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, grand-niece of Saint Hedwig of Andechs, and younger sister of Blessed Cunegund of Poland, who raised her. Married to Duke Boleslas V, the devout prince of Kalishi, Pomerania; mother of three. Franciscan tertiary. Founded a Poor Clare convent in Gnesen, Poland. Widowed in 1279. She, one of her daughters, and Cunegund retired to a Poor Clare convent Cunegund had founded in Sandeck. Just before her death, Helen became superior of the convent she had founded in Gnesen.

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Category: Beatified by Pope Leo XII, Beatified in 1827, Died in 1298, Name: Helen, Name: Helena, Name: Iolantha, Name: Joheleth, Name: Jolanda, Name: Jolanta, Name: Jolenta, Name: Yolanda, Saints Beati and Venerables, Saints who were Franciscans, Saints who were Married, Saints who were Mothers, Saints who were Nuns, Saints who were Poor Clares, Saints who were Princesses, Saints who were Tertiaries, Saints who were Widows  |  Trackback