Saint Salvator of Horta

Also known as

• Salvador
• Salvatore

Memorial

• 18 March
• 17 April (Friars Minor)

Profile

Shepherd. Shoemaker. Franciscan lay brother at Barcelona, Spain. Cook, beggar and porter at the friary in the Horta-Guinardó area of Barcelona. Miracle worker and healer. His cell became a destination for sick pilgrims; said to have cured as many as 2,000 in a single day.

Born

• 1520 at Santa Columba, Gerona, Spain

Died

• 18 March 1567 at friary at Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

• 5 February 1606 by Pope Paul V
• 29 January 1711 by Pope Clement XI

Canonized

• 17 April 1938 by Pope Pius XI

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Catholic Online
• Dominican Adaptations from the Catalogus Hagiographicus OP
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Santi e Beati
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Salvator of Horta“. Saints.SQPN.com. 17 March 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>