Hugh of Châteauneuf

Hugh of Châteauneuf (French: Hugues de Châteauneuf, 1053 – 1 April 1132), also called Hugh of Grenoble, was the Bishop of Grenoble from 1080 to his death. He was a partisan of the Gregorian reform and opposed to the Archbishop of Vienne, later Pope Callixtus II.

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Hugh of Châteauneuf
Painting from the Carthusian cloister of Nuestra Señora de las Cuevas by Francisco de Zurbarán. The scene depicts Saint Hugh in a Carthusian monastery.
Bishop of Grenoble
Born1053
Châteauneuf-sur-Isère, County of Albon, Holy Roman Empire
(in modern France)
Died1 April 1132
Grenoble, County of Albon, Holy Roman Empire
Venerated inCatholic Church
Canonized22 April 1134, Rome, Papal States by Pope Innocent II
Feast1 April
22 April (Carthusian Order)
AttributesLantern, three flowers
PatronageGrenoble, headache sufferers
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