St. Hugh of Lincoln - A medieval account of the miraculous healing of a knight at St. Hugh's tomb

IrapuatoNov 17, 2019

St. Hugh of Lincoln - A medieval account of the miraculous healing of a knight at St. Hugh's tomb.
Arx Publishing His feast is observed by Catholics on 17 November. After the death of Saint Hugh, bishop of Lincoln in AD 1200, his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral became a major pilgrimage site in England. The biography of Saint Hugh by Gerald of Wales includes numerous accounts of miraculous healings that took place at the tomb in the aftermath of the saint's death. The healing of Knight John Burdet's paralyzed arm, as featured in this excerpt, is one such account.

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Saint Hugh of Lincoln - November 17
Also known as
Hugh of Avalon
Hugh of Burgundy
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Hugonis…
Memorial
17 November
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Born to the nobility, the son of William, Lord of Avalon. His mother Anna died when he was eight, and he was raised and educated at a convent at Villard-Benoit in France. Monk at 15. Deacon at 19. Prior of a monastery at Saint-Maxim. Joined the Carthusians in 1160. Ordained in 1165. In 1175 he became abbot of the first English Carthusian monastery, which was built by King Henry II as part of his penance for the murder of Thomas Becket.
His reputation for holiness spread through England, and attracted many to the monastery. He admonished Henry for keeping dioceses vacant in order to keep their income for the throne. He resisted the appointment, but was made bishop of Lincoln on 21 September 1181. Restored clerical discipline in his see. Rebuilt the Lincoln cathedral, destroyed by earthquake in 1185.
Hugh denounced the mass persecution of Jews in England in 1190-91, repeatedly facing down armed mobs, making them release their victims. Diplomat to France for King John in 1199, a trip that ruined his health. While attending a national council in London a few months later, he was stricken with an unnamed ailment, and died two months later.
Born
1135 at Avalon Castle, Burgundy, France
Died
16 November 1200 at London, England of natural causes
buried in the Lincoln Cathedral
Canonized
18 February 1220 by Pope Honorius III
first canonized Carthusian
Patronage
sick children
sick people
swans
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Avalon, France
Lincoln, England
Nottingham, England, diocese of
Representation
angel protecting him from lightning
bearded bishop giving a blessing
Carthusian surrounded by seven stars
Carthusian bishop with a child in a chalice or baptismal font
Carthusian with a swan
chalice
bishop with a swan
swan; there is a story of him being befriended by a swan which would guard Hugh when he slept
helping to build the Lincoln Cathedral
man with a swan at his death bed
raising a dead child to life