Blessed Humbeline of Jully
Also known as
- Hombeline
- Homberga
- Humbelina
- Ombelina
- Ombeline
- Ombline
- 12 February
- 21 August in the Cistercian martyrology
Profile
Younger sister of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Married to Guy de Narcy, a member of the ruling family of Lorraine (in modern France). After a few years of rich and frivolous living, Humbeline turned her back on the worldly life; after a few more years she, with her husband’s approval, became a Benedictine nun at Jully-les-Nonnains convent near Troyes, France. Served as abbess there.
Born
- 21 August 1136 at the Jully-les-Nonnains convent in France of natural causes
- several family members, include Saint Bernard were with her
- buried in Jully-les-Nonnains
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Humbeline of Jully“. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 April 2020. Web. 3 June 2020. <>