Hugh of Cluny


Hugh of Cluny
Born1024
Semur-en-Brionnais, Brionnais (now Saône-et-Loire), France
Died29 April 1109[1]
Cluny, Brionnais (now Saône-et-Loire), France
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Canonized6 January 1120 by Pope Callixtus II
Feast29 April
PatronageAgainst fever

Hugh (13 May 1024 – 29 April 1109), sometimes called Hugh the Great or Hugh of Semur, was the Abbot of Cluny from 1049 until his death. He was one of the most influential leaders of the monastic orders from the Middle Ages.