Sainte Hune
Religieuse (+ v.
600)
Née au VIème siècle de
notre ère, décédée presque centenaire vers l'an 600. Nous avons à notre
disposition peu d'éléments vérifiés de la vie de sainte Hune. Nous savons
qu'apparentée à un roi de Bourgogne de l'époque mérovingienne, elle fut sans
doute l'épouse contrainte et malheureuse d'un seigneur franc.
La Légende dorée, par
contre, fourmille de récits fabuleux à son sujet.
Enfant mal aimée d'une
famille désunie, Hune fut reléguée aux cuisines avec les domestiques du château
de la Hunière, tandis que son père guerroyait au loin aux côtés de son roi et
que sa mère se livrait aux caresses de ses nombreux amants. L'amour sincère et
l'affection que lui portaient les servantes, l'amitié des lavandières qu'elle
accompagnait dans leur travail, permirent à la fillette de vivre une enfance
simple mais heureuse.
Cette vie au contact de
gens pauvres, sans culture, illettrés aux manières frustes restés païens,
n'empêcha pas la jeune Hune d'acquérir un caractère fort, une vive foi
chrétienne que ses dons innés mirent très tôt en valeur. Elle jouissait, en
plus de ses autres qualités, d'une très grande beauté, qu'un mémorialiste du
temps qualifiait de "surnaturelle".
Mariée de force à un
vieux noble brutal, Hune refusa farouchement de partager la couche du soudard
et, ayant résolument préservé sa virginité, trouva refuge dans un couvent où
elle consacra sa vie au service de Dieu, secondant humblement les sœurs dans
leurs travaux ménagers les plus pénibles.
Source archidiocèse
d'Alsace.
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/10121/Sainte-Hune.html
Sainte Hune (+ 679)
Femme d'un seigneur
alsacien, elle est souvent associée à des fontaines ou à des lavoirs et parfois
surnommée la sainte blanchisseuse parce qu'elle aurait participé à la lessive
avec les villageoises en dépit de son rang. Le village de Hunawihr lui devrait
son nom.
SOURCE : http://als.vosges-rando.net/Eglise/Femmes.htm
Also
known as
The Holy Washerwoman
Huna
Una
Unna
3 June on
some calendars
13 June on
some calendars
Profile
Daughter of the duke of Alsace. Wife of
an Alsatian nobleman
named Huno of Hunnaweyer, she lived in the diocese of
Strasbourg. Mother of
one; her son, Deodatus, was baptized by Saint Deodatus of Nevers, and
eventually became a monk.
Donated property to monasteries, and financed the construction of churches.
Devoted to the poor,
Hunna would help the less advantaged with any task, and was given to helping
all her neighbors, regardless of class or station, with their laundry.
Born
7th
century in the Alsace region (part of modern France)
679 in
Hunawir, Alsace (in modern France)
of natural causes
buried there
relics re-located
on 15
April 1520
a holy, healing well sits
near her shrine
relics destroyed
during the Reformation
noblewoman surrounded by
linens
woman washing clothes
for the poor and sick
with Saint Deodatus
of Nevers
Additional
Information
Saints
of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
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Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
Saints
and Their Attributes, by Helen Roeder
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MLA
Citation
“Saint Hunna of
Alsace“. CatholicSaints.Info. 3 April 2024. Web. 15 April 2024.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-hunna-of-alsace/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-hunna-of-alsace/
Saint Hunna
Saint Hunna (born,
unknown; died 679) is called “The Holy Washerwoman”. Saint Hunna was born
into a privileged life, the daughter of a duke in Alsace. She matured and
married Huno of Hunnaweyer, a nobleman, and together they settled in the
diocese of Strasbourg (now France). Together, they produced one son, Saint
Deodatus, who eventually became a monk (and then a saint!). Saint Hunna was
devoted to the Lord, raising her son with constant teaching, and living the
virtues of the faith. She spent her days caring for her home and estate, and in
prayer, while her husband traveled on diplomatic and political missions.
But this didn’t seem to
be enough for Saint Hunna. In her prayer, she felt called to do more, to serve
others. By the Lord, her eyes were opened to the poverty and general squalor
that the peasants and servants lived in… and she felt moved to assist. Hunna
began making daily trips from the estate into the local villages and fields,
visiting her poor neighbors, offering them religious instruction, and working
for them. At first, she simply offered to do their laundry, earning her the
title, “holy washerwoman.” Hunna would travel from home to home, collecting
soiled clothing, and then spend the better part of each day washing and
scrubbing the clothing clean. When the clothing was too dirty, or too
threadbare to mend, she would replace it with a new article.
As time went on, her
washing service expanded to any task that her neighbors needed help
with—cooking, cleaning, childcare, even more demanding physical labor. She also
instructed in ways of cleanliness, assisting with hygiene. Saint Hunna
regularly performed the greatest act of service, bathing those who were unable
to bathe themselves.
She was canonized in 1520
by Pope Leo X and her feast is April 15.
SOURCE : http://www.ucatholic.com/saints/hunna/
Saint Hunna
St. Hunna, or Huva, came
of the reigning ducal family of Alsace and was married to a nobleman, Huno of
Hunnaweyer, a village in the diocese of Strasbourg. Because she undertook to do
the washing for her needy neighbors, she was nicknamed by her contemporaries
"The Holy Washerwoman". Her family seems to have been influenced by
St. Deodatus (Dié), Bishop of Nevers, for St. Hunna's son, who was his
namesake, was baptized by him and subsequently entered the monastery which he
founded at Ebersheim. St. Hunna died in 679 and was canonized in 1520 by Leo X
at the instance of Duke Ulric of Würtemberg.
It is difficult to find
satisfactory authority for what is recounted above. There is mention of Hunus
and of "his holy wife" in the eleventh-century life of St. Deodatus
of Nevers, and Henschenius in his note on the passage quotes a French work of
John Ruyms upon the saints of the Vosges. See the Acta Sanctorum, June,
vol. iv (3rd ed.), p. 731; and Analecta Bollandiana, vol. lxvi, pp.
343-345. There seems, however, to be a local cultus of St. Hunna, and
the Abbé Hunckler in his Saints d'Alsace writes on the subject at
some length.
Butler's Lives of The Saints, Herbert J. Thurston, S.J. and Donald Attwater
Nihil Obstat: PATRICIVS MORRIS, S.T.D., L.S.S., CENSOR DEPVTATVS
Imprimatur: E. MORROGH BERNARD, VICARIVS
GENERALIS WESTMONASTERII: DIE XXIII FEBRVARII MCMLIII
SOURCE : http://traditionalcatholic.net/Tradition/Calendar/04-15.html
Today, April 15
marks the feast day of a lesser known saint, but one no less important. (She
is so "lesser known" that no definitive portraits or pictures were
able to be found of her-- therefore, the posted pictures are simple images
representing her holy life, but do not necessarily depict the saint herself). Saint
Hunna (born, unknown; died 679) is remembered for her love of and service
to those less fortunate than herself, despite prevailing prejudice. Hunna’s
actions, at a time when the class system was firmly entrenched, created
difficulties for herself in her daily life, and embarrassment for her noble
husband. Yet, she did not shy away from her service to the poor, as she
understood it to be her duty as a Christian.
Saint Hunna was born into
a privileged life, the daughter of a duke in Alsace. She matured and married
Huno of Hunnaweyer, a nobleman, and together they settled in the diocese of
Strasbourg (now France). Together, they produced one son, Saint Deodatus, who
eventually became a monk (and then a saint!). Saint Hunna was devoted to the
Lord, raising her son with constant teaching, and living the virtues of the
faith. She spent her days caring for her home and estate, and in prayer, while
her husband traveled on diplomatic and political missions.
But this didn’t seem to
be enough for Saint Hunna. In her prayer, she felt called to do more, to serve
others. By the Lord, her eyes were opened to the poverty and general squalor
that the peasants and servants lived in… and she felt moved to assist. Hunna
began making daily trips from the estate into the local villages and fields,
visiting her poor neighbors, offering them religious instruction, and working
for them. At first, she simply offered to do their laundry, earning her the
title, “holy washerwoman.” Hunna would travel from home to home, collecting
soiled clothing, and then spend the better part of each day washing and scrubbing
the clothing clean. When the clothing was too dirty, or too threadbare to mend,
she would replace it with a new article.
As time went on, her
washing service expanded to any task that her neighbors needed help
with—cooking, cleaning, childcare, even more demanding physical labor. She also
instructed in ways of cleanliness, assisting with hygiene. Saint Hunna
regularly performed the greatest act of service, bathing those who were unable
to bathe themselves.
Saint Hunna demonstrates
to us great selflessness, borne out of love for the Lord. She willingly left
her life of privilege on a daily basis, eventually being shunned by those of
her class and station, to intercede in the lives of those who had no one to
care for them. She treated the poor, the sick, the forgotten as equals to
herself, offering them basic human respect, love, and charity. Saint Hunna
welcomed all into her life as the family of God. The life of Saint Hunna
provides a gentle reminder of our own hesitancy to venture beyond our
comfortable lives, to actively engage in community service to those in need. We
are mindful of the fact that we are called to service and social justice, and
that embarking on that mission may be difficult or even painful. We look to
Saint Hunna as inspiration—inspiration to embody the love of Christ, and to
share that love with others in service.
SOURCE : http://365rosaries.blogspot.ca/2011/04/april-15-saint-hunna-of-stasbourg.html
Saints of
the Day – Hunna of Alsace, Matron
Article
(also known as Huva) Died
c.679; canonized by Pope Leo X in 1520 at the urging of Duke Ulric of Wértemberg.
The daughter of an Alsatian duke and widow of the nobleman Huno of Hunnaweyer,
Saint Hunna devoted herself to the poor of Strasbourg. Hunna earned the title
of “holy washerwoman” because she would lend a hand with any job – even to
doing the laundry for the poor. Her family appears to have been influenced by
Bishop Saint Deodatus of Nevers, because Hunna’s son was named for and baptized
by him. When he was of age, he entered the monastery founded by Deodatus,
Ebersheimménster near Strasbourg. A local cult developed after her death
(Attwater2, Benedictines, Delaney, Encyclopedia, Walsh). Saint Hunna is
represented as a noblewoman with linen near her; sometimes she is washing it
for the poor and sick. She is venerated in Alsace. Patroness of laundresses (Roeder).
MLA
Citation
Katherine I
Rabenstein. Saints of the Day, 1998. CatholicSaints.Info.
7 September 2023. Web. 15 April 2024. <https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-hunna-of-alsace-matron/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-hunna-of-alsace-matron/
Saint Hunna
Jul 02, 2015 /
Written by: America
Needs Fatima
FEAST APRIL 15
Patron Saint of
Laundresses
Little is known about St.
Hunna other than that she was an aristocratic lady from the royal family of
Alsace and married to a nobleman, Huno of Hunnaweyer, a small village in the
diocese of Strasbourg.
She was known to be so
caring of the poor around her that she even lent a hand in doing the washing
for her neighbors in need.
Because of this she was
known as “the holy washerwoman”.
She also donated
properties to monasteries and financed the construction of churches.
Hunna had a son who was
baptized by the holy bishop of Nevers, St. Deodatus, and was given his name in
Baptism.
This son later entered a
monastery founded by the same St. Deodatus at Ebersheim.
Hunna was canonized in
1520 by Pope Leo X at the instance of Duke Ulric of Wurtemberg.
SOURCE : https://americaneedsfatima.org/articles/saint-hunna
Saint Hunna (d.679)
for April 15
Not much is known about
Saint Hunna. In fact, some say that her name is Huva. She was born in the
seventh century in Alsace. She was the daughter of a duke, and she married a
nobleman. Hunna was an aristocratic woman by birth and breeding. She married an
aristocrat, and it can be assumed that they were not poor. However, Hunna was known
for washing the clothes of her poor neighbors, who came to call her the
"Holy Washerwoman." (Taken from "Saints Passionate and
Peculiar.")
Read more about
Saint Hunna (d.679)
Reflection
Saint Hunna is an
excellent example of sainthood. She reminds us that we need not be poor, need
not even have a vocation directly related to our faith, in order to be holy.
She was wealthy, but she devoted considerable energy to helping the poor by
washing their clothes. We can all become saints. How can you more readily
incorporate the values of your faith into your daily life?
Prayer
Dear Jesus, help me to
make my work an opportunity to become a saint.
SOURCE : https://www.smp.org/resourcecenter/resource/7545/
Santa Hunna Vedova
in Alsazia
Hunaweier, Alsazia, VII
sec.
La figura di Santa Hunna,
vissuta nel VII secolo in Alsazia, emerge dalle pagine della "Vita
Deodati", seppur priva di altri documenti coevi. Hunna, nobile sposa di
Hunon, si distinse per la sua intensa carità, dedicandosi ai poveri e ai
malati, traendo ispirazione dal Vangelo e seguendo l'esempio di Cristo. La
coppia edificò una chiesa dedicata a San Giacomo e organizzò un rifugio presso
antiche terme romane. Hunna, in particolare, si dedicava al lavaggio dei panni
dei bisognosi, guadagnandosi il titolo di "Santa lavandaia". Un
prodigio attribuito a San Deodat
Le notizie pervenutaci su santa Hunna, provengono dalla “Vita Deodati”, scritta però tre secoli e mezzo dopo la sua esistenza; non esistono altri documenti, epigrafi, liturgie, anteriori a questa ‘Vita’ dell’XI secolo, narrante le imprese di s. Deodato vescovo pellegrino scozzese e per alcuni versi anche leggendaria.
Hunna e suo marito Hunon, signore franco, vissero a Hunaweier in Alsazia nel VII secolo. Qui edificarono una chiesa in onore dell’apostolo s. Giacomo il Maggiore, che poi lasciarono in eredità all’abbazia di St-Dié.
È molto probabile che i signori di Hunaweier, si fossero stabili su delle terre che un tempo erano appartenute ad una colonia romana, e sulle quali si trovava un piccolo stabilimento termale; questo permise loro di aver cura dei malati e dei poveri che venivano a rifugiarsi tra le rovine delle antiche terme.
Come i loro parenti, i duchi d’Alsazia, protessero i monaci scozzesi di s. Colombano, itineranti nella regione alsaziana (il territorio, nei secoli è appartenuto, secondo le vicende politiche, di volta in volta sia alla Francia che alla Germania, oggi è francese) e tra i quali ci fu il già citato s. Deodato vescovo, il quale secondo la ‘Vita’, battezzò il loro figlio, chiamato in suo onore anch’egli Deodato, che diventerà poi un santo monaco a Ebersheimmünster.
Hunna e Hunon furono parenti anche di s. Sigismondo re di Borgogna; la ‘Vita Deodati’ considera Hunon quale principale benefattore di St-Diè e Hunna è nominata solo come sua sposa; ma nella tradizione popolare successiva, Hunna assumerà il ruolo più importante fra i due pii coniugi, per la sua intensa vita di carità, continuata negli anni della sua vedovanza, fino alla sua morte avvenuta nel 679.
Nel 1520, su richiesta di Ulrico, duca di Württemberg, signore del luogo, del vescovo di Basilea e dei canonici di St-Dié, papa Leone X autorizzò la ‘elevazione’ dei resti di Hunna, conservati a Hunaweier (la cerimonia, nel primo millennio, costituiva l’attuale canonizzazione del venerato personaggio, sia pure proclamato santo nell’ambito della diocesi richiedente).
Ma dopo poco tempo, il duca Ulrico (1487-1550), passò alla Riforma Protestante e già nel 1540 le reliquie di santa Hunna furono profanate e disperse dagli abitanti del luogo, diventati seguaci del riformatore protestante Hulrico Zwinglio (1484-1531).
Nel 1865 la diocesi di Strasburgo, attuale capoluogo del Dipartimento francese del Basso Reno, che comprende l’Alsazia, poté iscrivere nel Libro (Proprio) liturgico, la festa della santa vedova al 25 aprile, giorno della commemorazione dell’’elevazione’ del 1520. Altre zone dell’Alsazia la ricordano in giorni diversi, come il 15 aprile.
Per un prodigio operato da s. Diodato, che fece sgorgare l’acqua da una
sorgente vicino alla chiesa, per favorire la vedova Hunna che lavava
personalmente i panni dei poveri, ella è considerata la patrona delle lavandaie.
Autore: Antonio
Borrelli
Nel più umile dei mestieri, soprattutto se compiuto per aiutare il prossimo in difficoltà, si annida la grandezza dell’anima di una persona. Gesù insegna: «Chi vuol essere il primo sia l’ultimo e il servo di tutti» (dal Vangelo secondo Marco 9,35). E per dare l’esempio di amore e servizio verso gli altri, Gesù stesso lava e asciuga i piedi ai discepoli (dal Vangelo secondo Giovanni 13,1).
Hunon e Hunna sono due giovani sposi vissuti a Hunaweier in Alsazia (Francia) nel VII secolo. Essi sono ricchi e nobili, ma sono anche religiosi, hanno fede in Dio, pregano e per loro la vita ha significato solo se possono essere utili agli altri. Mettendo in pratica il messaggio del Vangelo, i due sposi amano il prossimo, soprattutto i poveri, gli ammalati, gli affamati, quelli che vivono per la strada, molto numerosi a quell’epoca.
Hunon e Hunna sui loro terreni costruiscono una chiesa dedicata all’apostolo San Giacomo il Maggiore. Vicino alla chiesa, probabilmente tra le rovine di uno stabilimento termale costruito da una colonia romana, la coppia organizza l’accoglienza dei derelitti che vagano senza meta. Hunna aiuta i poveri anche svolgendo i lavori più umili come lavare a mano per loro i vestiti, incombenza quotidiana molto faticosa e riservata quasi esclusivamente alle donne.
Il matrimonio dei due sposi viene allietato dalla nascita di un bambino che viene chiamato Deodato, in onore di un vescovo, San Deodato di Nevers, che, pellegrino nelle zone in cui vivono i due sposi, benedice la loro opera meritoria e battezza il piccolo nascituro. Si narra che lo stesso vescovo, dopo la morte di Hunon, abbia aiutato la vedova Hunna facendo sgorgare una fonte accanto alla chiesa da lei fatta costruire. Questo fatto prodigioso è un “dono” del Signore offerto a Hunna per poter lavare i panni dei poveri, senza doversi recare presso un lontano ruscello, percorrendo tanta strada a piedi. Hunna, chiamata la “Santa lavandaia”, muore nel 679, dopo aver dedicato tutta la vita a mettere i propri “doni” ricevuti dal Signore a disposizione di chi è più sfortunato di lei. È patrona di tutte le lavandaie.
Autore: Mariella Lentini
SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92624
Den hellige Hunna av
Alsace ( -~687)
Minnedag: 15.
april
Skytshelgen for
vaskekoner; for vindyrking
Den hellige Hunna (Huna,
Huva) ble født på 600-tallet i Frankrike (?). Hun var datter av en greve fra
Alsace (ty: Elsass) og giftet seg med adelsmannen Huno av Hunawihr (ty:
Hunaweier, Hunnaweyer). De ga sine eiendommer til klostrene Eberheimsmünster og
Saint-Dié, og i den hjemlige landsbyen Hunawihr i bispedømmet Strasbourg i
Alsace grunnla de kirken St. Jakob. Dessuten var Hunna en stor velgjørerske
overfor fattige og syke i Strasbourg. Hun ble snart kalt «den hellige
vaskekone» fordi gjerne tok klesvasken gratis for trengende.
Familien synes å ha vært
under den hellige Deodatus av Nevers'
inspirasjon og innflytelse, for Hunnas og Hunos sønn ble oppkalt etter ham og
døpt av ham. Senere trådte han inn i klosteret Eberheimsmünster nær Strasbourg
som Deodatus hadde grunnlagt.
Hunna døde rundt 687
(andre kilder skriver rundt 679) i Hunawihr i Alsace og ble bisatt der. Hennes
relikvier ble skrinlagt den 15. april 1520, og samme år ble hun helligkåret av
pave Leo X (1513-21) etter oppfordring fra hertug Ulrik av Württemberg. Hennes
minnedag er 15. april, men i bispedømmet Saint-Dié minnes hun den 3. juni.
I middelalderen var
Hunnas grav et svært godt besøkt valfartssted, og til det bidro også at en
nærliggende kilde ble sagt å ha helbredende kraft. Hennes relikvier gikk tapt
under reformasjonen. I kunsten avbildes hun som en adelskvinnesom tar
klesvasken for fattige eller vasker syke. Hun avbildes også sammen med Deodatus
av Nevers.
Kilder:
Attwater/Cumming, Butler, Benedictines, Delaney, Bunson, Schauber/Schindler,
KIR, CSO, Patron Saints SQPN, Heiligenlexikon - Kompilasjon og
oversettelse: p. Per Einar Odden -
Sist oppdatert: 2005-07-17 15:57
SOURCE : https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/hunna
Voir aussi : http://www.lieux-insolites.fr/alsace/hunawihr/hunawihr.htm
