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title: "St. Helena: Feast Day August 18 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-helena/
description: "St. Helena, Empress, patron of archaeologists and converts. Remembered on August 18, died c. 330. Read their life in Bless."
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Empress · Remembered on August 18

# St. Helena

St. Helena is remembered on August 18 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of archaeologists and converts.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [August 18](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/#18) |
| Title | Empress |
| Died | c. 330 |
| Patron of | [archaeologists](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#archaeologists), [converts](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#converts) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Wednesday, August 18, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-helena/#calendar) |

## Life

An innkeeper’s daughter who became mother of Constantine, embraced the faith in old age, and used the empire’s resources as almoner of Christ — freeing prisoners, endowing churches. In the Holy Land she raised basilicas at Bethlehem and Olivet, and with the finding of the True Cross her name is forever joined.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Helena as patron of archaeologists and converts.

[Archaeologists](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#archaeologists) [Converts](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#converts)

### Saints with the same patronage

- [St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-benedicta-of-the-cross/) converts · August 9
- [St. Augustine of Hippo](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-augustine-of-hippo/) converts · August 28

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Helena. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Wednesday, August 18, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/18/) | Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Judges 9:6-15 · Psalm 21:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 · Hebrews 4:12 · Matthew 20:1-16 |
| [Friday, August 18, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/18/) | Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Ezekiel 16:1-15, 60, 63 · Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 · See 1 Thessalonians 2:13 · Matthew 19:3-12 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[August 17 St. Joan Delanoue](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-delanoue/) [August 19 St. John Eudes](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-eudes/)

[All the saints of August](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/) [Born on August 18?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#08-18) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Helena

Remembered on August 18

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-helena/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-helena/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-helena/#calendar)

In the app

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