Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln H Saints People Christianity
Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln H Saints People Christianity
Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln
Little St. Hugh of Lincoln was an eight-year-old boy, a widow's son, who disappeared on 31 July, 1255. His body was found in a well nearly a month later, on 25 or 27 August. Because the well was on property owned by Jews, a canon was able to allege ritual murder. Under torture, one Jew allegedly "confessed" that it was customary to kill a Christian child yearly. Nearly 100 Jews were arrested, and 19 were hanged.
This "Saint" Hugh has never been canonized, and he must not be confused with the bishop St. Hugh of Lincoln, who was staunchly opposed to anti-Semitism and who died in 1200.
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- Profile. Says that his cultus has been suppressed.
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- R.W. Morrell bought a 1910 postcard which allegedly depicted the well where Hugh's body was found. The building still stands, but the well shown on the postcard was a hoax.
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- The story of Young Hugh of Lincoln, as told in Matthew Paris's Chronica Majora.
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- The Prioress's Tale is not wholly original: it is an even more bloodthirsty retelling of the story of Little Hugh of Lincoln.
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- Short article by Katherine I. Rabinstein tries to get to the true story behind the gruesome legend.
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- Lyrics for one of eighteen versions of this ballad collected by Child, MIDI file, background information on the story as told in the Annals of Waverly.
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- Sale, a regular poster to uk.music.folk and rec.music.folk, explains the background of Child ballad 155 ("Little Sir Hugh"). Hugh disappeared on 31 July, 1255, and was found dead, in a well, nearly a month later.
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- Article on Little St. Hugh of Lincoln, from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
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