SALVATOR OF HORTA, Saint. - Lay brother professed of the Friars Minor. Born of poor parents at Santa Coloma de Farners in the diocese of Girona (Spain) in December 1520, after having been a shoemaker, a shepherd boy and a servant with the Benedictines of the sanctuary of Montserrat, on 3 May 1541 he took the Franciscan habit at Barcelona in the convent of Santa Maria de Jesús.
Simple and illiterate, he distinguished himself at once in every kind of virtue through the most humble services of the convent. He suffered persecution at the hands of his superiors who, seeing him endowed with the gift of miracles, believed him possessed by the devil, to the point of calling in the authority of the Inquisition and transferring him frequently from one convent to another to prevent the crowds of the sick, coming from every part of Spain and from France, from going to visit him. In 1560 Philip II summoned him to Madrid to his Palace to commend his family and the Spanish dominions to his prayers.
St. Francis Borgia, then duke of Gandía, likewise wished to have him as a guest for some days in his Palace. In November 1565, almost driven out of Spain through the blindness of his superiors, Salvatore was sent to Cagliari in Sardinia, where, in the convent of Gesù-Maria, he spent the last 18 months of his life surrounded by the affection and veneration of all. He died on 18 March 1567.
His cult spread very soon, especially in Spain and its territories, in Sardinia and throughout the Franciscan Order. Paul V on 15 February 1606 granted Salvatore the title of blessed, ratified by Clement XI on 29 January 1711. He was canonized by Pius XI on 17 April 1938. Feast on 18 March.
Bibliography15 worksF. Gonzaga, De origine seraphicae religionis, Rome 1587; F. Spinelli, Vita e miracoli del b. S. da H., Florence 1615; S. Vitale, Madreperla
BIBL.: F. Gonzaga, De origine seraphicae religionis, Rome 1587; F. Spinelli, Vita e miracoli del b. S. da H., Florence 1615; S. Vitale, Madreperla serafica, ossia vita del b. S. da H., ibid. 1640; anonymous, Vida y milagros del b. Salvador, Perpignan 1662; Wadding, Annales, XVI, pp. 542-43; XIX, p. 136 ff.; XX, pp. 15 ff., 101 ff., 167 ff.; P. Guiso, Historia del b. Salvador de H., Cagliari 1732; F. Sequi, Vita, miracoli dopo la morte e culto del b. S. da H., ibid. 1882; V. G. Berchialla, Vita compendiosa del b. S. da H., drawn from the authentic processes, ibid. 1887; J. Collett, Vida del b. Salvador de H., Girona 1906; P. Foguet, El taumaturgo catalan, Vic 1927; A. Cass, Il cuore incorrotto del b. S. da H. (Historical notes), Cagliari 1934; E. Diotallevi, Vita di s. S. da H., ibid. 1938; P. Paoli, S. S. da H., Rome 1938.
Cogoni, Alberto. “Salvatore da Horta, santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, coll. 1718–1719. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/salvatore-da-horta-santo.
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Cogoni, Alberto. “Salvatore da Horta, santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 1718–1719. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/salvatore-da-horta-santo.
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author = {Cogoni, Alberto},
title = {Salvatore da Horta, santo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {X},
pages = {1718--1719},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1953},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/salvatore-da-horta-santo}
}
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