Editing Helier (section)

{{Short description|6th century ascetic hermit}}

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|name=Helier
|birth_date=date unknown
|death_date=555
|feast_day=16 July
|venerated_in=[[Eastern Orthodox Church]]<br>[[Roman Catholic Church]]<br>[[Anglican Church]]
|image=File:Saint Helier Liebfrauenbasilika in Tongeren.jpg
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|caption=[[Stained glass]] [[icon]] of Saint Helier in the [[Basilica of Our Lady, Tongeren]]
|birth_place=[[Tongeren]] (now in [[Belgium]])
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'''Helier''' (died 555) was a 6th-century ascetic [[hermit]]. He is the [[patron saint]] of [[Jersey]] in the [[Channel Islands]], and in particular of the town and [[parish]] of [[Saint Helier]], the island's [[Capital (political)|capital]]. He is also invoked as a healing saint for diseases of the skin and eyes.