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Blessed Hugh of Bonnevaux

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Nephew of Saint Hugh of Grenoble. Cistercian Bendictine monk at Mezieres Abbey, joining the Order in 1138. Abbot at Leoncel, France in 1163. Monk at Bonnevaux Abbey in 1169. Noted for gifts of spiritual discernment and for his ministry as an exorcist. Mediated the conflict between Pope Alexander III and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1177.

Born

c.1120 at Châteauneuf d’Isère, Valence, Drôme, France

1194 of natural causes
interred in the church in Bonnevaux Abbey
miracles reported at his grave
grave disturbed during the Reformation
relics re-interred in 1743
relics moved to a new chapel in 1966

9 December 1903 by Pope Saint Pius X

diocese of Valence, France

Additional Information

books
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Katherine Rabenstein

webseiten auf deutsch
- Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
- Stadlers Bollstandiges Heiligenlexikon

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición
- Hagiopedia
- Santopedia

sites en français
- Fête des prénoms

fonti in italiano
- Santi e Beati

websites in nederlandse
- Heiligen 3s

nettsteder i norsk
- Den katolske kirke

MLA Citation

“Blessed Hugh of Bonnevaux“. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 April 2020. Web. 24 February 2021. <>