February 10th

Blessed Hugh of Fosses

Blessed · Common of Abbots · Fosses, Namur, Belgium

In the Premonstratensian monastery of Fosses near Namur in Lorraine, Blessed Hugh, abbot, to whom his master Saint Norbert, having been made bishop of Magdeburg, entrusted the establishment of the new Order, which Hugh governed most wisely for thirty-five years.

Latin Original

In monastério Pramonstraténsi Fossárum apud Namürcum in Lotharíngia, beáti Hugónis, abbátis, cui magíster sanctus Norbértus, epíscopus Magdeburgénsis factus, novi Ordinis institutiónem concrédidit, quem trigínta quinque annos sapientissime rexit.