Hugh of Cluny
Hugh of Cluny | |
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Hugh of Cluny, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and Matilda of Tuscany | |
| Born | 13 May 1024 Semur-en-Brionnais, Brionnais (now Saône-et-Loire), France |
| Died | 29 April 1109 (aged 84) Cluny, Brionnais (now Saône-et-Loire), France |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Canonized | 6 January 1120 by Pope Callixtus II |
| Feast | 29 April |
| Patronage | Against fever |
Hugh (13 May 1024 – 29 April 1109), sometimes called Hugh the Great or Hugh of Semur, was the Abbot of Cluny from 1049 until his death in 1109. He was one of the most influential leaders of the monastic orders from the Middle Ages.