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Encyclopedia > Helena
Helena
Gender Female
Meaning 'light', 'torch'
Origin Greek
Related names Helen, Helene, Elena

Helena is a first name. Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ...

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  • HMS Helena, the name of various ships of the British Royal Navy
  • USS Helena, the name of various United States Navy ships
  • USS Helena I (SP-24), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919

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Helena was queen of Adiabene and wife of Monobaz I. With her husband she was the mother of Izates II. She died about 56 CE. Her name and the fact that she was her husbands sister [1] indicate a Hellenistic origin. ... The Princess Helena, (Helena Augusta Victoria), (25 May 1846 - 9 June 1923), was a member of the British Royal Family, the fifth-born child and the third daughter of Queen Victoria. ... Princess Helena Victoria (formerly Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein; Victoria Louise Sophia Augusta Amelia Helena; 3 May 1870 - 13 March 1948) was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. ... Helena Christensen (IPA: , born December 25, 1968 in Copenhagen) is a Danish supermodel. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Helena Norberg Hodge is the founder and director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture, a non-profit organisation concerned with the protection of both biological and cultural diversity, and education for action: moving beyond single issues to look at the more fundamental influences that shape our lives. ... Elena Paparizou Elena Paparizou (whose first name is also commonly spelled Helena) (Greek: Έλενα Παπαρίζου) (born January 31, 1982) is a popular Greek singer, born and raised in Gothenburg in Sweden. ... Helena Rasiowa (1917-1994) was a Polish mathematician, considered to be one of the greatest of her time. ... Helena is a video game character from the Dead or Alive video game series created by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo. ... Washington Allstons 1818 painting Hermia and Helena. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Helena is a novel written by the Brazilian writer Machado de Assis. ... Helena is a 1950 novel by Evelyn Waugh depicting the quest of St. ... Helena is the third single and first track from My Chemical Romances second studio album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. ... Why Should The Fire Die is an album by the band Nickel Creek, released in 2005. ... Famous Monsters is a 1999 album by the Misfits. ... Kamelot is a power metal band that incorporates many elements of symphonic and progressive metal into their music. ... Four vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS Helena, after the city of Helena, Montana. ... Haplogroup H is a mitochondrial DNA (or mtDNA) haplogroup. ... For other uses, see St. ... 101 Helena is a fairly large, rocky Main belt asteroid. ... The word Saint Helena has several meanings: Saint Helena of Constantinople The remote British-controlled island of Saint Helena Saint Helena, a barrier island of South Carolina (United States) villages and a city in the United States St. ... Look up Ελένη in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Helena (870 words)
Helena was supposed to have been the daughter of a British prince, is entirely without historical foundation.
Helena conducted herself in this manner while in the Holy Land, which is indeed testified to by Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, we should not doubt that she manifested the same piety and benevolence in those other cities of the empire in which she resided after her conversion.
Helena's residence when she stayed in Rome; so that it is quite possible for a Christian
Roman Emperors - DIR - St. Helen (0 words)
Flavia Iulia Helena was probably born in the city of Drepanum in Bithynia.
He depicts Helena as driven by religious enthusiasm: she wants to pray at the places where Christ's feet had touched the ground, she cares for the poor and needy, she only does good deeds and is generous, and she builds churches.
The abrupt interruption in the issue of Helena Augusta-coins in the spring of 329 suggests that she died either at the end of 328 or the beginning of 329.
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