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Detail of Stained Glass Window of SaintHugues De Semur Church of Saint Hilaire SemurEnBrionnais France Date And Artist Unknown Photographed On 3 January 2011 By Jackydarne
Detail of Stained Glass Window of SaintHugues De Semur Church of Saint Hilaire SemurEnBrionnais France Date And Artist Unknown Photographed On 3 January 2011 By Jackydarne

Saint Hugh of Cluny

Also known as: Hugh the Great; Hugh of Cluni; Hugh of Semur; Hugues de Cluny

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

April 29

Died

April 28, 1109

Canonized

6 January 1120 by Pope Saint Callistus II

Biography

Saint Hugh of Cluny, also known as Hugh the Great, Hugh of Cluni, Hugh of Semur, or Hugues de Cluny, was born into the Burgundian nobility in 1024. He was the eldest son of Count Dalmatius of Semur and Aremberge of Vergy. While his father hoped for him to become a knight and secular leader, his mother received a vision from a local priest predicting that Hugh was destined for religious life....

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