Saint Salvator of Horta

Memorial

• 18 March

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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

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

Beatified

• 5 February 1606 by Pope Paul V

Canonized

• 17 April 1938 by Pope Pius XI

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Salvator of Horta”. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 March 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-salvator-of-horta/>