Saint Hunna of Alsace

Also known as

• The Holy Washerwoman
• Huna
• Una

Memorial

• 15 April
• 3 June on some calendars

Profile

Daughter of the duke of Alsace. Wife of an Alsatian nobleman named Huno of Hunnaweyer, she lived in the diocese of Strasbourg. Mother of one; her son, Deodatus, was baptized by Saint Deodatus of Nevers, and eventually became a monk. Donated property to monasteries, and financed the construction of churches. Devoted to the poor, Hunna would help the less advantaged with any task, and was given to helping all her neighbors, regardless of class or station, with their laundry.

Born

• 7th century in the Alsace region (part of modern France)

Died

• 679 in Hunawir, Alsace (in modern France) of natural causes
• buried there
• relics re-located on 15 April 1520
• a holy, healing well sits near her shrine
• relics destroyed during the Reformation

Canonized

• 1520 by Pope Leo X

Patronage

• laundresses
• laundry workers
• washerwomen

Representation

• noblewoman surrounded by linens
• woman washing clothes for the poor and sick
• with Saint Deodatus of Nevers

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• uCatholic
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Hunna of Alsace“. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 April 2013. Web. 19 May 2013. <>