Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Saints & hagiography Saints

Helena of Skövde, Saint

ELENA DI SKÖVDEN, SANTA

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HELENA OF SKÖVDE, Saint. - Swedish, died 1 August 1160 at Skövde (southern Sweden). Of a noble family, left a widow after a few years of marriage, she led a holy life and made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Having returned to her homeland, she was killed by relatives, because she was unjustly suspected of being an accomplice in the murder of her son-in-law. Buried in the church of Skövde, which she had built, she was canonized in 1164 by Stephen, archbishop of Uppsala, on the commission of Alexander III. She was greatly venerated in Sweden and on the island of Zealand (Denmark). Feast on 31 July. She is absent from the Martyrologium Romanum.

Bibliography

BIBL.: La Lenzenda di Brimolo, in Acta SS. Iulii, VII, Parisi 1868, p. 343 sec.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), coll. 209–210.

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Oliger, Livario. “Elena di Skövden, santa.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, coll. 209–210. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/elena-di-skovden-santa.

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Oliger, Livario. “Elena di Skövden, santa.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 209–210. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/elena-di-skovden-santa.

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@incollection{ec5_elena_di_skovden_santa,
  author    = {Oliger, Livario},
  title     = {Elena di Skövden, santa},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {209--210},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/elena-di-skovden-santa}
}

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