Hugh of Noara

Saint Hugh of Noara
Born France
Died 1170
Novara, Sicily
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Feast

17 November (Roman Catholic Church)

16 August (Novara, Sicily)
Patronage Novara, Sicily

Saint Hugh of Noara or of Novara, also known as Ugo of Novara and Hugo of Novara, was a Cistercian monk, a disciple of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. French[1] by birth, he served as the first abbot of Novara Abbey, Sicily,[2] where he remained until his death in 1170.

Notes

  1. Saint Hugh of Noara Patron Saint Index
  2. St. Hugh of Noara Catholic Online
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