HELYOT, 6"V8', PIERRE (or HIPPOLYTE; the latter his monastic name): French Franciscan; b. at Paris 1660; d. there Jan. 5, 1716. At the age of twenty-three he entered the Third Order of St. Francis (Congregation of Picpus), whose most noteworthy author he became. His fame was gained

not so much through his edifying writings, such as his Le ChrOffien mourant (Paris, 1695), as through his Histoire des ordres monastiques, religieux et militairea et des congr6gatzona a&-uli&es de Pun et de 1'autre aexe, qui ont M dtablies jusqu'au prEsent (8 vols., Paris, 1714-19); to this he devoted a quarter of a century, and it was completed after his death by Maximilien Ballot, a member of the same order. It went through repeated editions in France (1721, 1792,1838), and formed the basis of M. L. Badiche'a Dietiannaire des ordres religiettx, published as part of Migne's Encyclopédie théologique (4 vols., Paris, 1858). It was translated into Italian by Fontana (Laces, 1737), and into German anonymously (8 vols., Leipsic, 1753-56), and likewise formed the basis of several imitations and abbreviations. Such modern handbooks as J. Fehr's German revision of M. R. A. Henrion's Histoire des ordres religieuz (Brussels, 1838) under the title of Geschichte der M6nchsorden (2 vols., Tübingen, 1845) or M. Heim bucher's Orden und Kongregationen der lcatholischen Kirche (2 vols., Paderborn, 1896-97) are more or less dependent on Helyot's work, which, despite its occasional lack of critical insight, is a product of laudable diligence.

(O. Zöckler†.)

Bibliography: H. Hurter, Nomencldtot literarius recentimia theologia catJwiica, ii. 838-837, Innsbruck, 1881; Helmbucher, Orden und Kongregationen, i. 22, 370; RL, vi. 17590.

HEMANS, FELICIA DOROTHEA: English poet ess; b. at Liverpool Sept. 25, 1793; d. at Dublin May 16, 1835. She was the daughter of George Browns, a merchant of Liverpool, who removed to North Wales in 1800. She received her educa tion under her mother's care, and early began 'writing verse, publishing her first volume in 1808. In 1812 she married Captain Alfred Hemans, an Irish gentleman who had served in Spain; but she separated from him in 1818, after the birth of her fifth son, and never saw him again. In 1828 she removed from North Wales to Liverpool, and in 1831 she went to Dublin to live. While lacking in depth, her poetry is marked by a certain pleasing sweetness and naturalness, which is particularly noticeable in some of her best lyrics, e.g., The Graves of a Household, The Treasures of the Deep, and The Homes of England. As a hymn-writer she occupies a subordinate position. Perhaps her best known hymn is Calm on the bosom of thy God. She pub lished some twenty volumes of verse, the most im portant being The Forest Sanctuary (London, 1825); Records of Women (1828); Songs of the Affections (Edinburgh, 1830); Hymns for Childhood (Dublin, 1834); National Lyrics and Songs for Music (1834); and Scenes and Hymns of Life (Edinburgh, 1834). Her works were edited, with a Memoir by her sister Mrs. Hughes (7 vols., London, 1839), also her Poetical Works, with a Memoir, by W. M. Roaetti (ib. 1873).

Bibliography: Besides the Memoirs in the collections, ut sup., consult: H. F. Chorley, Memorials of Mrs. Hemana, 2 vols., London 1838; idem The Authors of England, ib. 1838; Mrs. R. Lawrence, The Last Autumn at a Favorite Residence, Liverpool, 1838; DNB, aav. 352-383; Julian, Hymnology. pp. 509-510.