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Hugh
Hugh male forename, name of three saints.
St Hugh of Cluny (1024–1109), abbot of Cluny. A monk at Cluny from about c.1040, he became abbot in 1049, and it was during the period of his rule that the great expansion of Cluny took place. His feast day is 29 April. St Hugh of Lincoln (c.1140–1200), a Carthusian monk and bishop, noted for his scholarship, who revived the learning of the Lincoln schools. He was proverbial for his justice, as for his care for the sick and oppressed; he was also the friend and critic of three Angevin kings, Henry II, Richard, and John. He is sometimes shown with a tame swan (from his manor at Stow), and with a chalice ornamented with the child Jesus. His feast day is 17 November and his translation, 6 October. Little St Hugh (d. 1255), also known as Hugh of Lincoln, a boy of nine whose murdered body was discovered in a well; the rumour spread that he had been the victim of ritual murder carried out by the Jewish community in Lincoln, and as a result 19 Jews were executed. The story represents a popular form of anti-Semitic belief of the period. His feast day is 27 August. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Hugh." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Hugh." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Hugh.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Hugh." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Hugh.html |
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Hugh ♂ From an Old French name, Hugues, Hugo, of Germanic (Frankish) origin, derived from hug ‘heart, mind, spirit’. It was originally a short form of various compound names containing this element. This was borne by the aristocracy of medieval France, adopted by the Normans, and introduced by them to Britain. It was consistently one of the most popular boys' names in the Middle Ages in England, but fell out of favour in the 16th century until it was revived in the 20th century. Little Hugh of Lincoln was a child supposed in the Middle Ages to have been murdered by Jews in about 1255, a legend responsible for several outbursts of anti-Semitism at various times. The story is referred to by Chaucer in The Prioress's Tale. He is not to be confused with St Hugh of Lincoln (1140–1200), bishop of Lincoln (1186–1200), who was noted for his charity and good works, his piety, and his defence of the Church against the State. Since the later Middle Ages Hugh has also been used as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Aodh.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Hugh." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Hugh." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Hugh.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Hugh." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Hugh.html |
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Hugh
Hugh, in Dickens's Barnaby Rudge, the ostler of the Maypole Inn.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Hugh." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Hugh." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Hugh.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Hugh." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Hugh.html |
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"Hugh." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Hugh." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Hugh.html "Hugh." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Hugh.html |
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