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Hubert of Liège (Latinized: Hubertus) (c. 656 – 30 May 727 A.D.) was a Christian saint who became the first bishop of Liège in 708 A.D. [1] He is the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians and metalworkers.
Saint-Hubert (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿y.bɛʁ] ⓘ; Walloon: Sint-Houbert) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.. On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 111.16 km 2 (42.92 sq mi), had 5,737 inhabitants, giving a population density of 51.6 inhabitants per square kilometre.
Abbey Complex Saint-Hubert (abbey-palace (interior and exterior), courtyard, fountain from the 19th century facades and roofs of other buildings and the local high school, except the old chapel and the ensemble of buildings with courtyards (nl) (fr)
The Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries were designed by the young architect Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar, who determined to sweep away a warren of ill-lit alleyways between the Rue du Marché aux Herbes / Grasmarkt and the Rue Montagne aux Herbes Potagères / Warmoesberg and replace a sordid space where the bourgeoisie scarcely ventured into with a covered shopping arcade more than 200 m (660 ft) in ...
Saint Hubert was the patron saint of hunters and knights. The founding of the Order of the Golden Fleece in the early 15th century started a trend in confraternal princely orders. The purpose of these, whether established by monarchs or princes, was to foster loyalty to a sovereign, replacing to the old Chivalric orders developed in the ...
Saint-Hubert Abbey (French: Abbaye de Saint-Hubert), officially the Abbey of St Peter in the Ardennes (Abbaye de Saint-Pierre en Ardennes), was a Benedictine monastery founded in the Ardennes in 687 and suppressed in 1797. The former abbey church is now a minor basilica in the diocese of Namur, Belgium. It was listed as built heritage in 1938 ...
The Key of St. Hubert on display in the Treasury of Liège Cathedral. St. Hubert’s Key (French: Clef de Saint-Hubert, Dutch: Hubertussleutel) is a sacramental object, typically in the form of a metal nail, cross, or cone. [1] It was primarily used in Western Europe until the early 20th century as a traditional cure for rabies.
The modern St. Hubert is the English Bloodhound, in descent and type. Generally, national and regional variants of hounds, terriers, spaniels, etc. have been recognised as separate breeds, France in particular having many regional breeds of hound; [7] [12] the Bloodhound's identification as the St. Hubert makes it an anomaly in this respect ...