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Saint Helena (sometimes St. Helen of Sköfde; Swedish: Elin av Skövde) was a woman of high birth who lived in the 12th century and was considered to be the patron saint of Skövde Sweden. Saint Helena decorates the Skövde city arm and is the patron saint of the church in Ränneslöv. She was born around 1101. She was of noble family and is generally believed to have been the daughter of the Jarl Guthorm. In adult life she married and bore children.
