Saint
Helanus
A hierarch honored in the region of Reims in Gaul.
Life
Saint Helanus was born in Ireland in the sixth century. He went to France with nine other members of his family, six brothers and three sisters, and settled near Reims. He became a priest and ministered there. He is commemorated on 7 October, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar. Our sources preserve no further details of his life.
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