Saint Salvator of Horta

Memorial: 18 March
Profile: Shepherd. Shoemaker. Franciscan lay brother at Barcelona, Spain. Cook, beggar and porter at the friary of Horta. 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 of Cagliari, Sardinia
Beatified: 5 February 1606 by Pope Paul V
Canonized: 17 April 1938 by Pope Pius XI
Additional Information: Catholic Online
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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