Helen Enselmini
Italian Poor Clare nun, Catholic Blessed
Feast: 4 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Padua, Blessed Helen Enselmini, virgin of the Order of Poor Clares, who bore countless sufferings with wonderful patience, even the loss of her speech.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 4 November as a Poor Clare of Padua who bore countless sufferings, even the loss of her speech, with wonderful patience.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Roman Martyrology, 4 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3721418 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Helen Enselmini (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.