Blessed Helen of Poland

Also known as

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

Memorial

• 15 June
• 11 June
• 12 June
• 3 March
• 6 March on some calendars

Profile

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.

Born

• c.1235 in Hungary as Jolenta

Died

• 11 June 1298 at Gnesen, Poland of natural causes

Beatified

• 26 September 1827 by Pope Leo XII (cultus confirmed)

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Helen of Poland“. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 May 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>