Hugo OF Breteuil was born near the opening of the 11th century, and was educated as a tlieologian at the school in Chartres. He was made bishop of Lan- gres by king Robert some time in the first months of 1031. Conducting himself in a manner unworthy of his high position in the Church, he was finally accused of ailultery and homicide, and other even more atro- cious crimes, and was brought to trial before a council at Rheims, At first he braved the accusations, and sought to defend himself; but, finding that the i)roof against him was impossible of contradiction, he finally fled, and was punished with excommunication. To ex- piate his crimes he went on foot to Rome, where he i)ro- cured an audience with pope Leo IX, and oljtained par- don. On his return home he died at Biterne. France, March 16, 1051. He is the author of an interesting let- ter On the Errors ofBerenger (publisheil as an appendix to the works of Lanfranc).— //wV. I.itt. de la France, vii, 438 : Hoefer, Xouv. Biog. Gen. xxv, 428 s(i.
Hugo OF Castro -Xovo (Xewcastlc). an Finrlish theologian, flourished, according to Wadding {Annul. Jfin. iii), about 1310. He belonged to the order of the Minimi' and was an ardent defender of the philosophy
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of Duns Scotus. lie is said to have been the author of l>e Victoria Chrisii contra Antichristnm (printed in 1471). But his most important work is I)e Luudibus B. Marice (pubhshed 1G97, 1698, 1704). It comprises twelve books, the first of which is a simple paraphrase of the angelical salutation (Luke i, 26 sq.). The third book treats of the carnal prerogatives of Mary, the fourth of her virtues, the sixth of the names by which she is known, the seventh and eighth of the celestial and ter- restrial objects to which she is ordinarily compared, etc. — Hoefer, Xouv. Biof/. Generale, xxv, 450 sq.
Hugo OF CiiAMPFLEURi, a French prelate, was born in the early part of the l"2th contury. Of his early life liut little is known. In 1151 he was appointed chancel- lor of France, and in 1159 he was elected bishop of Sois- sons, retaining, however, his position in the state, from both of which, for unknown reasons, he was deposed in 1171. He died Sept. 4, 1175.— 7/«s^ Litt. de la France, xiii, 530 ; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gen. xxv, 445.
Hugo OF CiTEAux, a French Eoman Catholic theo- logian who flourished in the r2th century, was a disciple of St. Bernard and abbe of Trois Fontaines. In 1 150 he was made bishop of Ostie and cardinal by pope Eugene III. lie died in 1158. Hugo wrote a narrative of the death of jwiie Eugene III, and several other works. He was a {'relate of great merit and piety. See Enci/clup. TheoliKjiqm (Diet, des Cardinaux) , xxxi, 1083.
Hugo OF Clugny. See Clugxy.
Hugo Falcandus. See Falcandus.
Hugo OF Farfa. See Faefa.
Hugo DE Fi.EURY or DE St.Marie (oftentimes call- ed <S7. Bcnoit siir Loire), a celebrated Benedictine monk of the alibcy of Fleurj-, on the Loire, flourished about the middle of the 11th century. His Chronicon, a his- tory of religion and of the Church, prepared after the manner of his day, viz. consisting of notices of popes, martyrs, and other saints, Church fathers, persecutions, heresies, etc., a work of great celebritj', was probably never brought down by him later than 855, and the continuation from that date to 1034 was in all likelihood prepart'd by other Benedictine monks (Minister, 1638, 4to). He ^vrote also De la Puissance Royale, et de la I)ifiint(' tSticcnhtale (found in the Sliscellanea of Baluze). — Schrockh, Kirchenrjesch. xxiv, 501 sq.; Hook, Eccles. £/or/. vi. L>06. (J.H.W.)
Hugo DE FouiLLOi, a distinguished French theolo- gian, canon of St. Augustine, was born in tb.e early part of the 12th centurj'. In 1149 he was chosen abbe by the regular canons of St. Denis of IJheims, but he de- clined this high office. On the decease of the person selected in his stead in 1153, however, he consented to accept the honor. He abdicated in 1174, and his death is supposed to have occurred shortly after. He is said to be the author of a number of works, but as they were not written under his own name, and as some were even printed as the productions of others, it is difficult now to determine them. He is generally believed to be the author of De Claustro A nivm, a work often at- tributed to Hugo St. Victor : — De A rca Noe mtjstica De- scriptio : — De A rca Noe moralis interpretatio : — De van- itate rerum mundanarum, etc. — Oudin, Script. Eccles. ; Ilistoire Litt. de la France, xiii, 492 sq. ; Hoefer, Nouv. Bior;. (ienerale, xxv, 442 sq.
Hugo OF Flavigny, a French Church historian, was born at Verdun about the year 10G5. While yet a youth he entered the convent of St. Vitonius at Verdun, where he studied under the abbot Eodolph. In conse- quence of some persecutions, Hugo and the other mem- bers of his order removed to Flavigny. In 1097 he Avas 'elected abbot of his convent, and m 1111 he exchanged this abbey for that of St.Vannes. According to some, he died there as early as 1115, but according to others he left this convent for St. Dijon about 1115, and the time of his death is much later. Hugo wrote a chronicle ex- tending from the birth of Christ to the year 1102, di-