The Holy Washerwoman

St. Hunna

 

Feastday: April 15
Patron of laundresses, laundry workers, washerwomen
Died: 679

 

St. Hunna

 

also known as St. Una

Called “the Holy Washerwoman,” a noblewoman who devoted herself to the poor of Strasbourg, France. The daughter of a duke and wife of Huno of Hunnaweyer, she even washed the poor, hence her name. She was canonized in 1520 by Pope Leo X.