Hugh of Lincoln | |
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![]() St Hugh of Lincoln with his swan Altarpiece showing the saint in the Carthusian habit from the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison, near Abbeville, France (c. 1490-1500) | |
Bishop of Lincoln | |
Born | c. 1140[1][2][3] Avalon, Holy Roman Empire |
Died | (aged 59–60)[4] London, England | 16 November 1200
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion |
Canonized | 17 February 1220 by Pope Honorius III |
Major shrine | St Mary's Cathedral Lincoln, England Parkminster Charterhouse West Sussex |
Feast | 16 November (Catholic Church) 17 November (Church of England) |
Attributes | a white swan, bishop's attire, holding a chalice from which Christ emerges |
Patronage | sick children, sick people, cobblers, swans, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham |
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.
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