Heladiusz

This name derives from the Ancient Greek “Helláda (Ἑλλᾰ́δᾰ) Hellás (Ἑλλᾰ́ς) Helládios (Ἐλλάδιος),” meaning “coming from Hellas, Greek.” The Theme of Hellas was a Byzantine military-civilian province located in southern Greece. The theme encompassed parts of Central Greece, Thessaly, and, until ~800, the Peloponnese. It was established in the late 7th-century and survived until the late 12th-century. St. Helladius, Archbishop to Toledo, Spain, was one of the signatories of the Council of Toledo in 589. He served as a counselor to the Visigoth King Sisibut before entering Agali Monastery and becoming abbot in 605. He was made archbishop in 615.