McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Hugo of Lincoln

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Hugo of Lincoln

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Hugo of Besancon
Hugo of Breteuil
Hugo of Castro-Novo (Newcastle)
Hugo of Champfleuri
Hugo of Falcandus
Hugo of Farfa
Hugo of Flavigny
Hugo of Frazan or Trasan
Hugo of Langres
Hugo of Lincoln
Hugo of Macon
Hugo of Monceaux
Hugo of Nonant
Hugo of Porto
Hugo of Potters
Hugo of Rheims
Hugo of Riremont
Hugo of Sancto Caro
Hugo of St. Victor

was born in 1140 at Gratianopolis, Burgundy, and was first a regular canon, and later a Carthusian monk. When Henry II founded the Carthusian monastery at Witham, in Somersetshire, he invited Hugo to accept the priorship of this new foundation. After many entreaties by Reginal, bishop of Bath, Hugo consented. He was also made bishop of Lincoln by Henry II. He died in Nov. 1200, and was canonized at Rome in 1221. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biogr. Géneralé, 25, 448; Wheatly, Book of Common Prayer, p. 75; Lea, Hist. of Sacerdot. Celib. p. 296. (J. H. W.)