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Feast day: July 16

 

Cave-dweller of Jersey (6th cent)


Helier (in Latin: Helerius) was born in Tongres in Belgium, probably between 510 and 520 AD. He probably arrived in Jersey around 535 – 545 AD. He was martyred in approximately 550-560 AD. 


Feast day: August 25

 

Saint HildaAbbess of Whitby. Born in Northumbria in 614; died at Whitby in 680.

 

Hilda was a grandniece of King Edwin of Northumbria and daughter of Hereric. Hild is her correct name and means "battle." Both she and her uncle were baptized by Saint Paulinus at York in 627, when she was 13....


  

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