St. Hugh of Lincoln
Patron of sick children, sick people, shoemakers, and swans
Hugh of Lincoln was the son of William, Lord of Avalon. He was born at Avalon Castle in Burgundy and was raised and educated at a convent at Villard-Benoit after his mother died when he was eight. He was professed at fifteen, ordained a deacon at nineteen, and was made prior of a monastery at Saint-Maxim. While visiting the Grande Chartreuse with his prior in 1160. It was then he decided to become a Carthusian there and was ordained. After ten years, he was named procurator and in 1175 became Abbot of the first Carthusian monastery in England. This had been built by King Henry II as part of his penance for the murder of Thomas Becket.
His reputation for holiness and sanctity spread all over England and attracted many to the monastery. He admonished Henry for keeping Sees vacant to enrich the royal coffers. Income from the vacant Sees went to the royal treasury. He was then named bishop of the eighteen year old vacant See of Lincoln in 1186 - a post he accepted only when ordered to do so by the prior of the Grande Chartreuse. Hugh quickly restored clerical discipline, labored to restore religion to the diocese, and became known for his wisdom and justice.
He was one of the leaders in denouncing the persecution of the Jews that swept England, 1190-91, repeatedly facing down armed mobs and making them release their victims. He went on a diplomatic mission to France for King John in 1199, visiting the Grande Chartreuse, Cluny, and Citeaux, and returned from the trip in poor health. A few months later, while attending a national council in London, he was stricken and died two months later at the Old Temple in London on November 16. He was canonized twenty years later, in 1220, the first Carthusian to be so honored.
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St. Hugh of Lincoln, Please continue to pray for me to lead a life pleasing to God.
St Hugh of Llincoln please pray for me and my family
god bless you
Amen
St. Hugh of Lincoln, please intercede for Erin, who is in the hospital in a coma and in critical condition after being struck by a car. We pray for her complete recovery in Jesus' name. Amen.
Amen to the Lord, Jesus Christ!
Pray my people!
Dear Catholic online, our Catholic calendar honours St. Elizabeth of Hungary, today on November 17. And so, I would like to pray to her. What a special saint she is for so many who have admired and loved her. St. Elizabet is patroness of Catholic charities and of the Secular Franciscan Order, of bakers (I am not sure). Although a royal, a queen, she wore simple clothes, led a life of penance and asceticism. We admire her for her love for the poor and suffering. From her exemplary life we learn that a Christian must be one who serves the humblest needs of others, even if one serves from an exalted position. Dear St. Elizabeth, pray for all who carry your name either in Baptism or in Confirmation. Bless all tourists who visit Budapest and learn of your holy life of selfless service. I am far from what God wants from me. Help me to persevere in serving Jesus, who in His life became poor and suffered death. Amen.
St. Hugh of Lincoln, please pray for me to lead a life pleasing to God in spite of my many weaknesses.
Dear Catholic Online,
It is great to read about St. Hugh, may he intercede for us all, especially the Carthusians;
but November 17th is universally known in the liturgical calendar as the obligatory memorial of St. Elizabeth of Hungary (she does not even appear on your list of 'more saints of the day').
Perhaps you could correct this oversight.
With love and prayers in JM+J, Tom.
St. Elizabeth of Hungary, pray for us, especially all bakers.
For \November 17, 2010,
http://www.usccb.org/nab/111710.shtml
declared the day as a "Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, religious"
but here, in catholic.org, there is no mention of St. Elizabeth??