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Also known as

• Elena Enselmini

Memorial

• 4 November

Profile

Became a Poor Clare nun at age 12, receiving the veil from Saint Francis of Assisi himself at Arcella. Had the gift of inedia, living solely off the Eucharist for months. Her health suffered in adulthood, and she was both blind and mute by her death.

Born

• at Padua, Italy

Died

• 1242 of natural causes

Beatified

• 29 October 1695 by Pope Leo X and Pope Innocent XII (cultus confirmed)

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Helen Enselmini“. CatholicSaints.Info. 31 October 2010. Web. 22 April 2018. <>