Helier

Saint Helier was a 6thcentury 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 islands 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 . His father was Sigebert, a nobleman from Tongres and his mother was Lusigard. Having had difficulties conceiving a child, they had turned to Saint Cunibert who had advised them to pray to God and that when they had a child they must hand him over to God, and that he, Cunebert, would bring him up in the Christian faith. Their prayers having been answered, Helier was born, but Heliers father, the Saxon Governor of that place, eventually grew angry at the influence Cunibert exerted over his precocious son, who was already causing consternation with his youthful miracles. Heliers father had Cunibert killed, whereupon Helier fled.

Source: Wikipedia