Blessed Humbeline of Jully

Also known as

• Hombeline
• Homberga
• Humbelina
• Ombelina
• Ombeline
• Ombline

Memorial

• 12 February
• 21 August in the Cistercian martyrology

Profile

Younger sister of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Married to Guy de Narcy, a member of the ruling family of Lorraine (in modern France). After a few years of rich and frivolous living, Humbeline turned her back on the worldly life; after a few more years she, with her husband’s approval, became a Benedictine nun at Jully-les-Nonnains convent near Troyes, France. Served as abbess there.

Born

• 1092 in Dijon, France

Died

• 21 August 1136 at the Jully-les-Nonnains convent in France of natural causes
• several family members, include Saint Bernard were with her
• buried in Jully-les-Nonnains

Beatified

• 1703 by Pope Clement XI (cultus confirmed)

Patronage

• against loss of parents

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Heiligen 3s
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Humbeline of Jully“. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 February 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>