Hugh of Lincoln
Hugh of Lincoln O.Cart. (c. 1140 – 16 November 1200), also known as Hugh of Avalon, was a French-born Benedictine and 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.
Saint Hugh of Lincoln | |
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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 | |
| Born | c. 1140 Avalon, Dauphiné, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 16 November 1200 (aged 59–60) London, England |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion |
| Canonized | 17 February 1220 by Pope Honorius III |
| Major shrine | St Mary's Cathedral Lincoln, England Parkminster Charterhouse West Sussex |
| Feast | 16 November (Catholic Church) 17 November (Church of England) |
| Attributes | a white swan |
| Patronage | sick children, sick people, cobblers, swans, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham |
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