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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.
Saint Hugh may refer to: Áed mac Bricc (died 589), Saint Hugh of Rahugh; Hugh of Rouen (died 730), archbishop of Rouen and bishop of Paris and Bayeux; Hugh of Cluny (1024–1109), influential leader of monastic orders; Hugh of Châteauneuf, or Hugh of Grenoble (1052–1132), bishop of Grenoble; Hugh of Lincoln (1135/1140–1200), bishop of Lincoln
Hugh of Lincoln (1246 – 27 August 1255) was an English boy whose death in Lincoln was falsely attributed to Jews. He is sometimes known as Little Saint Hugh or Little Sir Hugh to distinguish him from the adult saint, Hugh of Lincoln (died 1200). The boy Hugh was not formally canonised, so "Little Saint Hugh" is a misnomer. [a]
Rebuilding began with the choir (St Hugh's Choir) and the eastern transepts between 1192 and 1210. [14] The central nave was then built in the Early English Gothic architectural style. Lincoln Cathedral soon followed other architectural advances of the time – pointed arches, flying buttresses and ribbed vaulting were added to the cathedral.
Antisemitic hysteria was stoked by a notorious 1255 blood libel alleging that the mysterious death of a Christian child, known as Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln, was the result of him allegedly being kidnapped and ritually killed by Jews.
Henry Mayr-Harting, ed., St Hugh of Lincoln: Lectures Delivered at Oxford and Lincoln to Celebrate the Eighth Centenary of St Hugh's Consecration as Bishop of Lincoln (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987) Henry Mayr-Harting, 'The Foundation of Peterhouse, Cambridge (1284) and the Rule of Saint Benedict', English Historical Review 103 (1988), 318
English: The Shrine of Saint Hugh, Lincoln Cathedral Hugh's primary emblem is a white swan, in reference to the story of the swan of Stowe which had a deep and lasting friendship for the saint, even guarding him while he slept. The swan would follow him about constantly, and was his constant companion whilst he was at Lincoln.
Hugh of Arles or Hugh of Provence (10th century), King of Italy; Hugh, Margrave of Tuscany aka Hugo or Ugo (950–1001), Italy; Hugh, Count of Suio (1023–1040), Count of Suio in the Duchy of Gaeta, Italy; Hugh of Saint Victor (1078–1141), Saxon noble and mystic philosopher; Hugh of Ibelin (12th century), noble in the Kingdom of Jerusalem