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Helena

1
Saint. ?248--?328 ad, Roman empress, mother of Constantine I. After converting to Christianity (313) she made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land (?326) where she supposedly discovered the cross on which Christ died. Feast day: May 21

Helena

2
a city in W Montana: the state capital. Pop.: 26 718 (2003 est.)
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Helena

tricks husband into fulfilling marital duties. [Br. Lit.: All’s Well That Ends Well]
See: Cunning

Helena

disguises herself as a pilgrim in order to follow her husband from France to Italy. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare All’s Well That Ends Well]
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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The current RMS St Helena, which is owned by the St Helena government and provides the only regular cargo and passenger link to the island, set sail from Cardiff to the island 26 years ago.
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