SAINT SALVADOR OF HORTA, RELIGIOUS - 18 MARCH

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH

Saints celebrated on the 18th of March

SAINT SALVADOR OF HORTA, RELIGIOUS

Salvador of Horta (Salvator de Horta) was born of poor but godly parents at Colomba Farnesia, Bishopric of Girona, in Spain, around A.D. 1520.

After their premature deaths, he earned his living at first by herding cattle and later learned the shoemaker's trade. At the age of twenty, he entered the Order of Saint Francis, and excelled in accuracy in observing the Rule. It pleased the dear Lord to glorify him with special blessings and to bestow on him the gift of miracles. Sick and suffering people sought his help. 

Later, his superiors transferred him to Cagliari in Sardinia. He is called "of Horta" because this is the monastery where he lived for the longest period of time.  He died in 1567. Immediately after his death, the people began to venerate him as a saint. This veneration was approved by Pope Clement XI. Salvador is patron against fever. Church art shows him in the habit of his Order, holding a tree and walking on glowing coals. His body was found intact twelve years after his passing. (II. 667–695)

[The title "saint" was substituted for that of "blessed" in the original text. Pope Pius XI canonised him on April 17, 1938. The Friars Minor commemorate this saint on April 17.]

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 193)

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PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Salvador may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.