HORTULANA, WIDOW - 5 JANUARY

Saints celebrated on the 5th of January

HORTULANA, WIDOW, MOTHER OF SAINT CLARE

A page of one of Fortunatus Hueber's
Saints' books,
"Stammenbuch..." (1693)

The name Hortulana is derived from the Latin hortulanus, meaning gardener.

This godly widow of Assisi is the mother of Saint Clare. When her husband died, she gave herself to an almost sinful sorrow. At last she cried out, '"Lord, I had too great a love for my husband; therefore you have not completely ruled in my heart! But now I am yours; my soul, my affections, everything I have is yours."

Thereupon she begged Saint Francis to give her the veil - which he did. From then on, Hortulana lived in godliness and virtues to her blessed end.

Sintzel* lists Hortulana on January 5 with the title "saint". Butler* mentions her in connection with her daughter Clare without a title. On January 2, her name can be found Hub. Men.* with the addition that she died in 1253. According to Butler*, she was first buried at Saint Damian's, but was then transferred to the Church of Saint George and buried in the same grave as her daughters Clara and Agnes. The Calendar of the Third Order* calls her "blessed" on January 5. Hortulana is also remembered on August 12. (But. XI. 34)

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, pp. 770-71)

*A hagiography source used by the authors

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