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Also known as

• Helen Valentini
• Helen of Udine
• Helena Valentini of Udine
• Elena…

Memorial

• 23 April

Profile

Daughter of Count Maniago. Married at age 15 to a knight named Anthony del Cavalcanti. Happily married for 25 years, and mother of several children. Widow. Augustinian tertiary, noted for her charity and austerity. Took a vow of silence, speaking only on Christmas night. Had an ongoing fight with worldly temptation, and given to ecstatic trances. Had the gift of healing. Spent her last three years bed-ridden; she preferred a pallet of stones and straw to a bed.

Born

• at Udine, Italy

Died

• 23 April 1458 of natural causes
• relics in the cathedral of Udine, Italy

Beatified

• 27 September 1848 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed)

Patronage

• against temptations
• widows

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Helen del Cavalcanti“. CatholicSaints.Info. 23 April 2024. Web. 1 May 2024. <>