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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Saint Helena , 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. Feast: Aug. 18. ... Read more

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World Press Encyclopedia Saint Helena B asic D ata Official Country Name: Saint Helena Region (Map name): Africa Population: 7,212 Language(s): English Literacy rate: 97% Saint Helena, a group of islands in the South Atlantic... Read more

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Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language SAINT HELENA, commonly written St Helena. A British dependency in the...after the mother of the Roman emperor Constantine, the saint of the Eastern Church whose feast day it was. St Helena was a port of call for ships travelling to the East Indies... Read more

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	The Abundant Life Prevails: Religious Traditions of Saint Helena Island Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 2/1/2002; ; 607 words ; ...Prevails: Religious Traditions of Saint Helena Island. By Michael C. Wolfe (Waco...order to understand the people of Saint Helena Island. He identifies Gullah religious...Islands, a measure of success for the Saint Helena community. Penn School closed in... Read more
	The Abundant Life Prevails: Religious Traditions of Saint Helena Island. (Book Reviews). Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 2/1/2002; ; 602 words ; ...Prevails: Religious Traditions of Saint Helena Island. By Michael C. Wolfe (Waco...order to understand the people of Saint Helena Island. He identifies Gullah religious...Islands, a measure of success for the Saint Helena community. Penn School closed in... Read more
	Scientists have confirmed that Napoleon was killed by poison in Saint Helena, probably on British orders.(Brief Article) Magazine article from: History Today; 8/1/2001; 46 words ; Scientists have confirmed that Napoleon was killed by poison in Saint Helena, probably on British orders. Analysis of a lock of Napoleon's hair in a Strasbourg forensic laboratory has repeated the findings... Read more
	From here to infinity. (walk through).(Lundberg Design renovates house near Saint Helena, California) Magazine article from: Interior Design; 3/1/2003; ; 484 words ; THERE'S NOTHING AROUND here for miles and miles, Lundberg Design's Olle Lundberg says of this 70-acre property near Saint Helena, California. Which is precisely what attracted the San Francisco businessman who hired Lundberg to revamp the house... Read more
	FROZEN ASSETS St Helena tastes the rule of the new little Napoleons Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 12/7/2003; ; 480 words ; ...tropical, south Atlantic island of Saint Helena - where Napoleon was sent in his...the document being sent by post. Saint Helena has no airport. The next mail boat...because their paperwork was in order. Saint Helena is a British overseas dependency... Read more
	St Helena abuzz as Governor's Cup race yachts close in on the remote island.(News) Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa); 1/5/2007; 422 words ; ...the second half of the Cape Town to Saint Helena Governor's Cup yacht race well under...line honours and beat the RMS St Helena, originally due to reach the island...evening. The mail ship is carrying \|St Helena Governor Michael Clancy, race officials... Read more
	My Chernobyl girls; Helena visits the ghost villages that were home to her 40 foster children.(Features) Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 2/12/2006; 628 words ; ...HEATHER GREENAWAY IT may be 25 degrees below zero outside but Helena Cairns gives some very special children the warmest hug...disaster she has fostered over six years. For kind-hearted Helena - our Great Scot winner of 2004 - it was both the best...slowly killing them but there is nothing anyone can do. ... Read more
	International: Marooned islanders face dry New Year Ferry breakdown cuts off St Helena Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 11/21/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...outcrop, leaving the tiny community reliant on the St Helena ferry for everything from cars and cooking oil to South...lager. Panic buying began as soon as news that the St Helena was stuck in the French port of Brest reached the 10-mile-lo...the rest of the world. Less than a month ago, as the St Helena ... Read more
	Helena C. Rayfuse, Arlington resident, a homemaker, 85.(Obituaries)(Obituary) Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 4/21/2003; 96 words ; Helena C. (Gorden) Rayfuse of Arlington, a homemaker, died Tuesday at home after a brief illness. She was 85. Born in Canada, she graduated from Saint Mary's High School in Cambridge. She was a longtime resident of Arlington. Mrs. Rayfuse was an active member of the Care... Read more
	NORMAN SET TO BE MR HELENA ..; Blade star cuts through all the rumours and announces he'll marry his supermodel.(192) Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 3/15/2002; 665 words ; SUPERMODEL Helena Christensen will marry boyfriend Norman...Charles Mingus) - but, earlier this year, Helena claimed she and Norman were happy as they...Bridget Hall. After the birth of Mingus, Helena admitted it was hard work and understood... Read more

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