Hugh of Anzy-⁠le-⁠Duc

Saint Hugh of Anzy-⁠le-⁠Duc (also called Hugh of Autun), a French Benedictine monk, had a significant influence on monastic reform in the ninth and tenth centuries; he died around 930. He was born at Poitiers and educated at the abbey of Saint-⁠Savin in Poitou, where he became a monk and was ordained priest. He then went to the monastery of Saint-⁠Pierre at Autun, where he proved an effective administrator and reformer, and assisted Abbot Arnulf in reforming the abbey of Saint-⁠Martin, also at Autun. He joined Berno at Baume Abbey, where he assisted in reforming the practice of the monks. It seems that wherever there was a noticeable relaxation of the Rule, Hugh was sent to restore it. He was a friend of Berno of Cluny, the first abbot of the monastery of Cluny. He reposed at Anzy-⁠le-⁠Duc. He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 20 April (new style; 3 May in the old style).