Salvator of Horta

Saint Salvador of Horta, O.F.M.
Death of Saint Salvador of Horta Viceregal Museum of Zinacantepec, Mexico
Born	December 1520 Santa Coloma de Farners, Girona, Spain
Died	(1567-03-18)March 18, 1567 Cagliari, Sardinia, Spanish Empire
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church (Order of Friars Minor)
Beatified	5 February 1606 by Pope Paul V
Canonized	17 April 1938 by Pope Pius XI
Major shrine	Church of St. Rosalie Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Feast	18 March (17 April by the Friars Minor)

Salvador of Horta, O.F.M., (Spanish: Salvador de Horta, Italian: Salvatore da Horta) was a Spanish Franciscan lay brother from the region of Catalonia in Spain, who was celebrated as a miracle worker during his lifetime. He is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.

He was born Salvador Pladevall i Bien some time during December 1520 in the hospital of Santa Coloma de Farners, located in the Catalan Province of Girona, where his parents worked as servants. Orphaned at age 14, he moved with his sister Blasa to Barcelona, where he worked as a shoemaker to support them both.

When his sister had married, Pladevall felt free to follow a religious calling he had felt. He first entered the famed Benedictine Abbey of Santa Maria de Montserrat, near Barcelona, to explore monastic life. Apparently not feeling drawn there, and desiring a more humble way of life, he entered the novitiate of the Observant branch of the Order of Friars Minor in Barcelona as a lay brother on 3 May 1541. He made his profession of vows in 1542, having become known among the friars for his asceticism and humility.