Helier

Saint Helier on the La Croix de la Reine monument in Saint Helier, Jersey

Church service on Hermitage Rock during the pilgrimage on St. Helier's Day in Jersey

Saint Helier (or Helerius ; † 555 ) was an ascetic hermit in the 6th century. Tradition has passed down 555 as the year of his martyrdom . He is said to have been a student of St. Markulf and perished on the Channel Island of Jersey . Name day is July 16. Year after year, on July 17th, pilgrims gather at the Hermitage rock to celebrate a service in honor of the saint. The relics were kept in the Beaubec monastery in Normandy .

He is the patron saint of the island of Jersey. The capital of this island, Saint Helier , and several villages, churches and fountains in Normandy and Brittany, such as the villages of Saint-Élier and Saint-Hellier (Normandy), Saint- Helier churches in Beuzeville , Rennes , Amécourt , Monhoudou , Saint-Helier fountains in Bréville-sur-Mer , Saint-Hellier and Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets ( Ille-et-Vilaine ) are named after him.

A borough of London in the borough of Sutton is named after Saint Helier.

Web links

Commons : Helier - collection of images, videos and audio files

Saint Helier - Saint Hélyi - Saint Helier. Société Jersiaise, archived from the original on October 15, 2004 (information on St. Helier).; accessed on January 26, 2019

Individual evidence

^ Louis Malle: Particularités du calendrier diocésain de Coutances et Avranches. Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches, 2004, archived from the original on October 28, 2012 ; accessed on January 26, 2019 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Helier
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Helerius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ascetic hermit
DATE OF BIRTH	5th century or 6th century
DATE OF DEATH	555
Place of death	jersey

[1] Louis Malle: Particularités du calendrier diocésain de Coutances et Avranches. Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches, 2004, archived from the original on October 28, 2012 ; accessed on January 26, 2019 (French).