Blessed Hugh Faringdon | |
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 Stained glass window at Belmont Abbey | |
| Abbot of Reading, Martyr | |
| Born | c. 1490 probably Faringdon |
| Died | 14 November 1539 (aged 48 - 49) Reading Abbey, Reading, England |
| Honored in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 13 May 1895 by Pope Leo XIII |
| Feast | 15 November |
| Attributes | reliquary, pastoral staff, martyr's palm, noose in neck |
Hugh Faringdon, O.S.B. (died 14 November 1539), earlier known as Hugh Cook, later as Hugh Cook alias Faringdon and Hugh Cook of Faringdon, was an English Benedictine monk who presided as the last Abbot of Reading Abbey in the town of Reading in Berkshire, England. At the dissolution of the monasteries under King Henry VIII of England, Faringdon was accused of high treason and executed. He was declared a martyr and beatified by the Catholic Church in 1895.