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Saint '''Helen of Caernarfon''' or '''Helen of Carnarvon''', known in Welsh tradition as '''Elen Luyddog''' (Helen of the Hosts), was a late 4th-century founder of [[church]]es in Wales who is remembered as a [[saint]]. Traditionally she is said to have been a daughter of the Romano-British ruler [[w:Eudaf Hen|Octavius]] (Eudaf Hen) and the wife of Emperor [[w:Magnus Maximus|Magnus Clemens Maximus]] or Macsen, Emperor in Britain, Gaul and Spain, who was killed in battle in 388. She is commemorated on [[May 22]].<ref name=SYNAX>Great [[Synaxarion|Synaxaristes]] {{el icon}}: ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3323/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ἡ Ἁγία Ἑλένη ἡ Πριγκίπισσα].'' 22 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref>