Venerable
Hubert of Brétigny
A saint of the West, honored by the undivided Church.
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- Era
- 8th century
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Hubert of Brétigny is a wonder-working saint of northern France, venerated in the Western Church. His existence is related in Latin in the Acta Sanctorum of the Bollandists and in French in Les Petits Bollandistes, based on a Life of Saint Hubert drawn from the manuscripts of the abbey of Saint-Éloi at Noyon, according to the Annals of the diocese of Soissons.
Of Frankish nobility, he is said to have lived at the end of the 7th century and the beginning of the 8th and to have died around 714. According to the chronicle, his parents, Peter and Joan, were the lords of Brétigny in the time of the kings Childebert III and Dagobert II, which does not agree with the known chronology of the Frankish kings. He is said to have been godson of Saint Hubert of Liège, with whom he must not be confused.
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