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  Saint Helena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint Helena is an island of volcanic origin and a overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Saint Helena is famous for being the place of exile of Napoleon Bonaparte between 1815 and his death in 1821.
Executive authority in Saint Helena is invested in The Queen and is exercised on her behalf by the Governor of Saint Helena.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Helena   (1465 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Helena
It is also clear from the declaration of the contemporary historian of the Church that Helena, from the time of her conversion had an earnestly Christian life and by her influence and liberality favoured the wider spread of Christianity.
If Helena conducted herself in this manner while in the Holy Land, which is indeed testified to by Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, we should not doubt that she manifested the same piety and benevolence in those other cities of the empire in which she resided after her conversion.
She was revered as a saint, and the veneration spread, early in the ninth century, even to Western countries.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07202b.htm   (1009 words)

  
 Saint Helena 1r
Helena Guthormsdotter died a natural death in the 1230:ies at Linkoping; her grave is overbuilt by the present cathedral.
Helena is unique among the saints who were worshipped at an early stage in Sweden by not coming from the British Islands; nor is she connected to any of these saints, whereof the most of them never has existed in real life.
Helena was ~38 years old whenas she thus was enrolled in the concourse of holy martyrs, rejecting the heaviness of the body, climbing up to Heaven.
hem.passagen.se /anesa/data/eng/saint_helena_1r.htm   (13084 words)

  
 Saint Helena, South Atlantic Ocean
St. Helena is a British Overseas Territory and one of the last relics of the colonies.
The population of St. Helena is approximately 6,000.
Saints are extremely hospitable and visitors to the island are made to feel very welcome.
ags.ou.edu /~bweaver/Ascension/sh.htm   (546 words)

  
 Saint Helena 3r
Helena's church at Skovde had allegedly the same architecture as the original stone churches of Linkoping and Vreta (inaugurated in 1289 by Magnus Ladislaus), which was a consequence of the eastgothian, pro-papal support of the cult of Helena.
Helena was celebrated here 31/7 unranked, "widow Helene", according to their calendar from the second half of the 15th century and onwards, and this Helena's Day of theirs constitute the oldest documentation within the present borders of Denmark of Sankt Helene all categories; the next documentation occurred in 1512.
**1440, 20/11, an altar to Helena (and to Anna, Mrs Brita and Elisabeth of Hungary) was inaugurated in Upsala cathedral.
hem.passagen.se /anesa/data/eng/saint_helena_3r.htm   (7530 words)

  
 Transport on Saint Helena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint Helena has no major railways, and most of the highways are on the island of Saint Helena, which has 118 km (98 km paved and 20 unpaved).
Saint Helena does not have an airport but after many years of negotiation an airport building project has now started due for completion in 2011.
An airport was built on Ascension during World War II to be used as a staging point for aircraft being ferried to the war in North Africa.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transport_on_Saint_Helena   (287 words)

  
 Saint Helena - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Saint Helena
The badge of St Helena shows the island's rugged coastline and a ship of the East India Company, flying the St George's cross.
St Helena became a British possession in 1673, and a colony in 1834.
Native to St Helena is the extremely rare giant earwig Labidura herculeana, which can grow up to 8 cm/3 in long, the largest species of earwig in the world.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Saint+Helena   (197 words)

  
 Mount Saint Helena   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mount Saint Helena is one of the few remaining mountains in the Maycamas chain, a small range which runs parallel to the coastline and indicate earlier volcanic activity in the eastern Sonoma County area.
The first was a Spanish padre who saw the mountain in the early 1830's and exclaimed, "Behold Saint Helena on her bier!" He thought the mountain looked like a woman draped in a soft, heavy cloth.
Helena also built a number of churches, including the Church of the Resurrection at Golgotha, where the "grace-filled fire" descends on Great Saturday each year; the Church on the Mount of Olives where Jesus ascended to Heaven; in Bethlehem where Jesus was born; and in Hebron where God appeared to Abraham.
www.sacredsonoma.com /helena.html   (592 words)

  
 UNDP | Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
Saint Helena is one of the world's most remote islands.
Saint Helena, therefore, relies heavily on financial assistance from the UK to sustain its relatively high standard of living, especially in terms of education and health care.
UNDP’s programmes in Saint Helena focus on integrating the island into regional and global markets; strengthening public revenue generation; enhancing the quality of life for the island’s population; and promoting Saint Helena’s connectivity to the global information economy.
europeandcis.undp.org /?wspc=CP_SH   (507 words)

  
 History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Helena was thereafter used by the Portuguese as a watering and victualling base for their fleets returning from the East Indies and, as far as possible, the existence of the island was kept secret by the Portuguese.
The fortunes of St. Helena waned further with the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 which caused a large decrease in the number of ships visiting the island.
Helena again became a place of exile in 1890 (Dinizulu, the son of Cetewayo, and his entourage were confined on the island) and from 1900 to 1902 (6,000 Boer prisoners of war were camped on Deadwood Plain and Broad Bottom).
geosciences.ou.edu /~bweaver/Ascension/sh-hist.htm   (547 words)

  
 The St Helena Institute, incl. Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha
The St Helena Institute was founded in 1997 to co-ordinate and undertake research into the Island of St Helena and its dependencies, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha.
St Helena is a lone mid-Atlantic island, a mere 47 square miles in size, situated at Lat.
St Helena was discovered by the Portuguese in 1502 and has been a British colony since it was first settled by the East India Company in 1659.
website.lineone.net /~sthelena   (365 words)

  
 Saint Helena and Dependencies
Saint Helena is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.
The badge for St Helena was derived from the Public Seal of the colony; the Royal Arms above an ornamental frame surrounding a picture of a three-masted ship near the base of steep cliffs.
In the case of St Helena the scene was taken from the seal without any modification and included the decorative frame and also a pink ribbon draped across the top.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/sh.html   (911 words)

  
 St. Helena   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Helena, mother of Constantine I, called the Great, was born of humble parents in the Roman province of Moesia, a land on the western shore of the Black Sea.
According to St. Ambrose, Helena was an inn-keeper when Constantius lifted her from her lowly position and made her his consort.
Helena became zealous for the faith, using her influence and wealth to extend Christianity.
www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/HELENA.htm   (388 words)

  
 Saint Helena
Saint Helena, island, 47 sq mi (122 sq km), in the S Atlantic Ocean, 1,200 mi (1,931 km) W of Africa.
Saint Helena - Helena, Saint, c.248–328?, mother of Constantine I. She became a Christian in 313.
Saint Helena: History - History Discovered uninhabited by the Portuguese navigator João da Nova Castella in 1502,...
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0843055.html   (261 words)

  
 Saint Helena Information
Uninhabited when first discovered by the Portuguese in 1502, Saint Helena was garrisoned by the British during the 17th century.
Saint Helena - tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade winds; Tristan da Cunha - temperate; marine, mild, tempered by trade winds (tends to be cooler than Saint Helena)
unpaved: 30 km (Saint Helena 20 km, Ascension 0 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km) (2000)
www.country-info.com /facts/Saint_Helena.htm   (718 words)

  
 Saint Helena on the Travoogle.com - Worldwide Travel Forum
St Helena currency is used on the island and the St Helena £ is fixed at parity with British £ Sterling.
St Helena is situated in the South Atlantic Ocean, 5° 43' west and 15° 56' south, 1,200 miles (1,950km) from the south-west coast of Africa, and 1,800 miles (2,900km) from the coast of South America.
The population of St Helena is 5,000, mainly descendants of British settlers, East India Company employees and slaves from the South Asian sub-Continent, the East Indies and Madagascar as well as Chinese indentured labourers.
www.aardvarktravel.net /travoogle-forum/viewtopic.php?t=13893   (2239 words)

  
 Saint Helena
Climate and Terrain: Climate: Saint Helena - tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade winds; Tristan da Cunha - temperate; marine, mild, tempered by trade winds (tends to be cooler than Saint Helena).
Terrain: Saint Helena - rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains, note: the other islands of the group have a volcanic origin.
Highways: Total: 158 km (Saint Helena 118 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 0 km), paved: 138 km (Saint Helena 98km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 0 km), unpaved: 20 km (Saint Helena 20 km, Ascension 0 km, Tristan da Cunha 0 km).
www.paulnoll.com /Locations/visiting-Saint-Helena.html   (425 words)

  
 Saint Helena
Helena, Saint, c.248–328?, mother of Constantine I. She became a Christian in 313.
According to tradition she found (327) the relic of the True Cross in Jerusalem and identified the location of the Holy Sepulcher.
Saint Helena - Saint Helena, island, 47 sq mi (122 sq km), in the S Atlantic Ocean, 1,200 mi (1,931 km) W of...
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 St. Helena
St. Helena is a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic about 1,100 mi (1,770 km) from the west coast of Africa.
It was taken for England in 1659 by the East India Company and was brought under the direct government of the Crown in 1834.
St. Helena has two dependencies: Ascension (34 sq mi; 88 sq km), an island about 700 mi (1,127 km) northwest of St. Helena; and Tristan da Cunha (40 sq mi; 104 sq km), a group of six islands about 1,500 mi (2,414 km) south-southwest of St. Helena.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108119.html   (293 words)

  
 The Coffees of the Islands: Saint Helena
Well, a sample of the latest shipment from St. Helena has come in, and the the news is not good.
Notes: St Helena is the very small island in the South Central Atlantic where Napoleon was banished to, and died.
Because the cost of production was so high and the shipping costs so outrageous (St Helena has only 1 boat, the RMS Saint Helena, servicing the island every every 2 weeks) the farms was left largly abandoned for decades.
www.sweetmarias.com /coffee.islands.sthelena.html   (810 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Saint Helena
Saint Helenian pounds per US dollar - 0.6981 (January 2002), 0.6944 (2001), 0.6596 (2000), 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6047 (1997); note - the Saint Helenian pound is at par with the British pound
paved: 138 km (Saint Helena 98km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 0 km)
unpaved: 20 km (Saint Helena 20 km, Ascension 0 km, Tristan da Cunha 0 km)
www.umsl.edu /services/govdocs/wofact2002/geos/sh.html   (713 words)

  
 Saint Helena on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
SAINT HELENA [Saint Helena], island, 47 sq mi (122 sq km), in the S Atlantic Ocean, 1,200 mi (1,931 km) W of Africa.
Together with the islands of Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, it comprises the British dependency of St. Helena (2005 est.
He was exiled to Saint Helena after the defeat of his army at the infamous battle
www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/StH1elena.asp   (944 words)

  
 Saint Helena, California Photographers - Wedding, Portrait, Commercial, Event and Other Photography Services
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 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
St Helena was discovered on St Helena day (21 May) 1502 by the Portuguese navigator Joan da Nova.
St Helena, Montserrat and Pitcairn are the only UK Overseas Territories in receipt of UK budgetary aid.
The CPP, which sets out the UK aid commitment to St Helena, was agreed in January 2004 for one additional year, with further talks to take place regarding funding for years two and three.
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 Patron Saints Index: Saint Helena
At the suggestion of Saint Macarius of Jerusalem, she took them to a woman afflicated with an incurable disease, and had her touch each one.
One of them immediately cured her, and it was pronounced the True Cross.
Thus in art, she is usually depicted holding a wooden cross.
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainth01.htm   (196 words)

  
 St. Helena Star .::. Front
The St. Helena Rotary Club managed to snake-charm their fl-tie attired guests to bid in excess of $500,000 to help various youth groups last weekend at the Rotary's 16th annual Winter Ball.
It was held at the Trinchero Family Estate Main Street Warehouse.
At any rate, Artie Carr is one of St. Helena's coaches for multiple generations and is the Carpy Gang JV football head coach.
www.sthelenastar.com   (319 words)

  
 The Bank of St. Helena: Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Numismatic enquiries: St. Helena banknotes and coins are issued by the St. Helena Government, to whom all numismatic enquiries should be directed.
The St. Helena Government website can be located at www.sainthelena.gov.sh.
Bank of St. Helena is established and regulated in St. Helena under the Banking Ordinance 2003 and the Bank of St. Helena Ordinance 2003.
www.sainthelenabank.co.sh   (249 words)

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