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Flavia Julia Helena [a] (/ ˈ h ɛ l ə n ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, Helénē; c. AD 246/248–330), also known as Helena of Constantinople and in Christianity as Saint Helena, [b] was an Augusta of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great.
João da Nova, a Galician navigator serving the Portuguese Empire, was the first person to sight Saint Helena.. According to long-established tradition, the island was sighted on 21 May 1502 by the four ships of the 3rd Portuguese Armada, commanded by João da Nova, a Galician navigator in the service of Portugal, during his return voyage to Lisbon, who named it Santa Helena after Saint Helena ...
The people of Saint Helena are Saint Helenians (though locally they are known as "Saints"); the demonym being Saint Helenian. A census in February 2016 recorded a population of 4,534 on the island. [3] This compares with a figure of 4,257 recorded in 2008 [4] and a figure of 5,157 recorded in 1998. The fall between 1998 and 2008 can be ...
George, Barbara B. St Helena – the Chinese Connection ISBN 0-18-994892-2; Cross, Tony St Helena including Ascension Island and Tristan Da Cunha ISBN 0-7153-8075-3; Brooke, T. H., A History of the Island of St Helena from its Discovery by the Portuguese to the Year 1806, Printed for Black, Parry and Kingsbury, London, 1808
The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009 (an Order in Council of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom) enacted a new constitution for the territory, which came into effect on 1 September 2009, and elevated Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha from being dependencies of Saint Helena to equal constituent parts.
Under the Saint Helena Welfare of Children Ordinance 2010 (which applies to Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha) and the Ascension Island Child Welfare Ordinance 2011 (which applies to Ascension Island), only married couples may adopt. Same-sex couples may marry in the territory, therefore they also have the right to adopt.
Julie Dorne Thomas is the inaugural Chief Minister of Saint Helena. [1] Thomas was elected to the role on 25 October 2021 by the Legislative Council following the 2021 Saint Helena general election, in which she received the most votes out of all candidates. [2] [3] [4]
Saint Helen of Constantinople, title for Helena (empress) (c. 250 – c. 330), mother of Constantine the Great; Saint Helen of Caernarfon or Saint Elen, late 4th-century founder of churches in Wales; Saint Helen of Serbia, medieval Queen of Serbia, died in 1314; Saint Helen of Sinope (live during the 1700s), Eastern Orthodox virgin martyr.