Saint Hugues de Rouen, évêque
Très jeune il devint moine
soit à Fontenelle soit à Jumièges. En 722, il fut nommé évêque de Rouen, il eut
en outre la charge du diocèse de Paris et des abbayes de Fontenelle et de
Jumièges et profita de sa position pour encourager la piété et l'enseignement.
Vers la fin de sa vie, il se retira à Jumièges comme moine de chœur où il
mourut en 730.
Saint Hugues de Rouen
Évêque de Rouen,
de Paris et de Bayeux (✝ 730)
Neveu de Charles
Martel, cousin de Pépin le Bref, il consacra sa vie au service de l'Église
d'abord comme abbé de Fontenelle, actuellement abbaye de Saint Wandrille, puis
comme évêque de Paris et de Bayeux. Son oncle lui avait donné des biens
temporels nombreux. Saint Hugues en tira un grand profit spirituel.
À Jumièges, en 730, le trépas de saint Hugues, qui fut évêque de Rouen et
gouverna en même temps le monastère de Fontenelle ainsi que les Églises de
Paris et de Bayeux, enfin l’abbaye de Jumièges, pour ne pas laisser ces
bénéfices dans des mains indignes, et c’est dans ce dernier lieu qu’il se
retira et mourut.
Martyrologe
romain
Hugh of Rouen, OSB B
(RM)
Died 730. Saint Hugh became a monk at either Fontenelle or Jumièges at a very
early age. Then he was called to be primicerius of Metz and, shortly
thereafter, in 722, bishop of Rouen and Paris while still abbot of Fontenelle
and Jumièges. During his tenure in these offices Hugh fostered piety and
learning. Before his death, however, he resigned them all and died at Jumièges
as a simple monk (Benedictines).
In
art, Saint Hugh is a bishop with a monstrance that the devil tries to wrest
from him (Roeder). He is venerated at Fontenelle, Jumièges (Roeder).
Saint Hugh of Rouen
Profile
Benedictine
monk
at Fontenelle
Abbey. Primicerius of Metz,
France.
Bishop
of Rouen,
France
in 722.
Bishop
of Paris,
France.
Abbot at Fontenelle.
Abbot at Jumieges.
He used these positions, several of which he held at once, to inspire and
support piety and learning in his diocese, and
among his monks.
He eventually resigned all his offices and retired to Jumieges
as a choir
monk.
- 730
at Jumieges
Abbey, France
of natural causes
St. Hugh of Rouen
Benedictine bishop of
Rouen, Paris, and Bayeux, France, a nephew of Charles Martel. The son of Duke
Drogo of Burgundy, he was named the bishop of
Rouen in 722. He then moved to Paris and
later to Bayeux. At the same time he was abbot of
Fontenelles and Jumieges At the close of his life, Hugh retired to Jumieges and
died as a simple choir
monk.
SAINT HUGH OF ROUEN (DIED 730)
Roman Catholic Bishop, Abbot, and Monk
His feast transferred from April 9
St. Hugh of Rouen came from a prominent family. His
father was Duke Drago of Burgundy. His uncle was Charles Martel, Mayor of the
Palace. The Mayor of the Palace, at that point in history, was more
powerful than the King of the Franks, a member of the Merovingian Dynasty.
And Martel’s son, Pepin III, served as both Mayor of the Palace and as
the first monarch of the Carolingian Dynasty, reigning from 751 to 768.
Pepin’s son was Charlemagne (reigned 768-814).
That was St. Hugh’s family, one
which gave him certain opportunities. Simultaneously he was Abbot of
Saint-Wandrielle and Abbot of Jumieges while a lay person. But he yielded
those positions to become a monk at Jumieges in 718. Four years later,
however, he became Archbishop of Rouen. Retaining that post, he became
Abbot of Fontenelle in 723 and Bishop of Paris and Bishop of Bayeux the
following year. St. Hugh used these positions and their financial
resources to promote piety and learning. Then, at the end of his life,
St. Hugh retired to Jumieges, where he lived as a monk.
St. Hugh of Rouen had certain
opportunities through an accident of birth. He used them for the benefit
of others and the glory of God. Regardless of the nature of the
opportunities which will come our way or which we have at present, may we use
them for the common good and the glory of God.
