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A CATALOGUE OF SAINTS CONNECTED WITH CORNWALL, 



WITH AN EPITOME OF THEIR LIVES, AND LIST OF 



CHURCHES AND CHAPELS DEDICATED TO THEM. 



By The Rev. S. BARING-GOULD, M.A. 



Part III. //— A'e. 



S. Helen, Bishop, Confessor. 



According' to Lelancl, there was a Helena of the company of 

 S. Breaca. He probably meant Helen or Helan, the brother of 

 Germoc or German, who was one of her companions [see under 

 Germoc). 



In the diocese of Leon S. Helen is patron of a Chnrch and 

 he is supposed to have been a bishop of that see, but his name 

 occurs in no authentic list of the bishops. Also of S. Helen in 

 Cotes du Nord, and the adjoining parish of Lanhelin. 



In the Irish Martyrologies he is commemorated on October 

 8. In Brittany his day is popularly observed on the 19th or 

 26th July (Kerviler). 



There were several chapels in West Cornwall dedicated to 

 S. Helen, one at S. Just in Penwith and one in Burian. One 

 also in Landewednack, and another in Euan Major. One also is 

 mentioned in B. Stafford's Register, at Ingleby, in Crantock 

 Parish. 



The S. Helen, of Scilly, is a modern corruption of S. Illid, 

 and we cannot be sure that some confusion may not have arisen 

 respecting the others. 



Represented in 15th cent, stained glass at S. Helen, near 

 Dinan, as a bishop. 



S. Helen, Queen, Widow. 



Much difficulty exists relative to this Saint, on account of 

 her having been confounded with Helena, raother of Constantine 

 the Great. The latter was erroneously supposed to have been a 

 daughter of Coel, King of the Iceni, who lived in Essex, 



