- published: 17 Feb 2014
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Saint Helier, a 6th century ascetic hermit, is patron saint of Jersey in the Channel Islands, and in particular of the town and parish of Saint Helier, the island’s capital. He is also invoked as a healing saint for diseases of the skin and eyes.
According to hagiography, Hellerius or Helier was born to pagan parents in Tongeren (now in Belgium) after they had had difficulties conceiving a child. In desperation they had turned to Saint Cunibert who had advised them to pray to God and to promise to bring up an eventual child in the Christian faith. Their prayers having been answered, Helier was born, but Helier’s father eventually grew angry at the influence Cunibert exerted over his precocious son, who was already causing consternation with his youthful miracles. Helier’s father had Cunibert killed, whereupon Helier fled.
Helier’s wanderings led him through what is now the village of St. Hellier in the département of Seine-Maritime in Normandy and eventually to the Cotentin where he sought retreat from the distractions of the world in the monastic community of Saint Marculf at Nantus (Nanteuil, now St.-Marcouf-de-l’Isle in Manche).
JERSEY, spectacular St Helier, CHANNEL ISLANDS
A walk round St Helier 5: Queen Street
Views of St Helier - Jersey
St. Helier to Jersey Airport - road
Drive around St Helier Jersey Channel Islands
Life in St Helier (London Borough of Merton)
Tour of the Central Market, St Helier (Jersey, Channel Islands)
Early Days on St Helier
ST HELIER SKATEPARK
st helier bathrooms.mpg
If only i could bridge these oceans,
and bring you home to me again,
Oh why are you so far from me?
I took at the stars, i cant take this anymore,
Oh god, i cant take this.
I cant take this anymore,
discouraged, lying on the floor,
as the sun begins to rise,
its so beautiful to these eyes,
Better a diamond with a flaw, than a pebble without,
better investing in a soul, to be left in doubt,
(If only i could bridge these oceans,
and bring you home, bring you home, bring you home to
me again)
Oh god, i cant feel you near me anymore,,
youre no longer by my side, and next time
i wont let you get away
and we will be waiting, forever,
and we will be waiting, forever
Better a diamond with a flaw, than a pebble without,
better investing in a soul, to be left in doubt,
(If only i could bridge these oceans,
and bring you home, bring you home, bring you home to
me again)
We will stand and fight last one out gets the lights,
(If we could only keep our distance from consistency,