Blessed Helen of Poland
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- Also known as
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Helen of Hungary
Helena
Joheleth
Jolanda
Jolanta
Jolenta
- Memorial
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15 June
11 June,
12 June,
3 March, or
6 March on some calendars
- Profile
- 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 Silesia, and younger sister of Blessed Cunegund of Poland, who raised her.
Lay woman and mother, married to Duke Boleslas V of Poland.
Founded a Poor Clare convent in Gnesen, Poland.
Widowed in 1279.
She, one of her daughters, and Cunegund retired to the 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 (cultus confirmed)
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