Hugh of Lincoln


Hugh of Lincoln

St Hugh of Lincoln with his swan
Altarpiece showing the saint in the Carthusian habit from the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison, near Abbeville, France (c. 1490-1500)
Bishop of Lincoln
Bornc. 1140[1][2][3]
Avalon, Holy Roman Empire
Died(1200-11-16)16 November 1200
(aged 59–60)[4]
London, England
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Anglican Communion
Canonized17 February 1220 by Pope Honorius III
Major shrineSt Mary's Cathedral
Lincoln, England Parkminster Charterhouse
West Sussex
Feast16 November (Catholic Church)
17 November (Church of England)
Attributesa white swan, bishop's attire, holding a chalice from which Christ emerges
Patronagesick children, sick people, cobblers, swans, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham

Hugh of Lincoln OCart (c. 1140[note 1] – 16 November 1200), also known as Hugh of Avalon, was a Burgundian-born Carthusian monk, bishop of Lincoln in the Kingdom of England, and Catholic saint. His feast is observed by Catholics on 16 November and by Anglicans on 17 November.

  1. ^ a b Woolley, Reginald Maxwell (1927). "Chapter I. Early Days". St. Hugh of Lincoln. London : Society for promoting Christian Knowledge. p. 1. Accessed via Internet Archive. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference birth2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Thurston, Herbert (1898). "Book I. Chapter I. The Birth And Early Years of St. Hugh". The Life of Saint Hugh of Lincoln. London : Burns and Oates. p. 2. Accessed via Internet Archive. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  4. ^ Marson, Charles Latimer (1901). "Chapter X. Homeward Bound". Hugh, Bishop Of Lincoln: A Short Story Of One Of The Makers of Mediaeval England. London: Edward Arnold. p. 154. Accessed via Internet Archive. Retrieved 11 August 2023.


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