St. Hugo 13982

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St. Hugo (which is the Germanic form of the French St. Hugh), was born in 1024 the eldest son of a Burgundy nobleman, was professed a monk of Cluny at the age of sixteen, and was elected to the abbacy when only twenty-five. The office carried with it the headship of the influential Benedictine confederation that depended on Cluny. Abbot from 1049 to 1109, he was the advisor of nine popes from Leo IX to Paschal 11, consulted and revered by all the sovereigns of Europe, and the ruler of over two hundred monasteries. A man of great psychological insight and diplomatic ability, his integrity and generosity were known to all.