![[Saint Hugh of Lincoln]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/saint-hugh-of-lincoln/saint-hugh-of-lincoln.jpg "jpg detail of a painting of Saint Hugh of Lincoln by Francisco de Zurbarán, c.1638, Museo de Cádiz, Spain; swiped off the Wikipedia web site")
Also known as
- Hugh of Avalon
- Hugh of Burgundy
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Born to the nobility, the son of William, Lord of Avalon. His mother Anna died when he was eight, and he was raised and educated at a convent at Villard-Benoit in France. Monk at 15. Deacon at 19. Prior of a monastery at Saint-Maxim. Joined the Carthusians in 1160. Ordained in 1165. In 1175 he became abbot of the first English Carthusian monastery, which was built by King Henry II as part of his penance for the murder of Thomas Becket.
His reputation for holiness spread through England, and attracted many to the monastery. He admonished Henry for keeping dioceses vacant in order to keep their income for the throne. He resisted the appointment, but was made bishop of Lincoln on 21 September 1181. Restored clerical discipline in his see. Rebuilt the Lincoln cathedral, destroyed by earthquake in 1185.
Hugh denounced the mass persecution of Jews in England in 1190-91, repeatedly facing down armed mobs, making them release their victims. Diplomat to France for King John in 1199, a trip that ruined his health. While attending a national council in London a few months later, he was stricken with an unnamed ailment, and died two months later.
Born
- 18 February 1220 by Pope Honorius III
- first canonized Carthusian
- angel protecting him from lightning
- bearded bishop giving a blessing
- Carthusian surrounded by seven stars
- Carthusian with a swan
- chalice
- bishop with a swan
- swan; there is a story of him being befriended by a swan which would guard Hugh when he slept
- helping to build the Lincoln Cathedral
- man with a swan at his death bed
- raising a dead child to life
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Britannia Biographies
- Catholic Encyclopedia, by R Urban Butler
- Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
- Christian Biographies, by James E Keifer
- Christian Biographies, by James E Keifer
- Christian Biographies, by James E Keifer
- Claves Regni, by Robert Cockcroft
- Emblems of the Saints, by F C Husenbeth and Augustus Jessopp
- For All the Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
- Our Island Saints, by Amy Steedman
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Saint Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Church, Huntington Station, New York
- Wikipedia
MLA Citation
- “Saint Hugh of Lincoln“. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 April 2013. Web. 18 May 2013. <>