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Hubertus
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Christian saint, first bishop of Liège (c.656-727)
Key facts
- Born
- c. 656–658, Toulouse , Kingdom of the Franks
- Died
- ( 727-05-30 ) 30 May 727, Voeren /Fourons near Liège , Kingdom of the Franks
- Venerated in
- Roman Catholic Church , Anglican Church , Eastern Orthodox Church
- Feast
- 3 November
- Attributes
- gear nearby; knight with a banner showing the stag's head and crucifix; stag; stag with a crucifix over its head; young courtier with two hounds
- Patronage
- patron saint of hunters, archers, dogs, forest workers, trappers, mathematicians , opticians and metalworkers
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hubertus
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Francia
- Place of birth
- Toulouse
- Place of death
- Tervuren
- Child
- Floribert of Liège
- Sibling
- Odo the Great
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Field of work
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Hubert de Lieja-Delcour.jpg
- Patron saint
- hunter
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- Commons category
- Saint Hubertus
- date of birth
- 0655-00-00
- date of death
- 0727-05-30
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- place of burial
- St Hubert's Basilica
- feast day
- November 3
- name in native language
- Hubertus
- P8168
- Calafat
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Hubert of Liège (Latinized: Hubertus; c. 656 – 30 May 727) was a Christian saint who became the first bishop of Liège in 708 A.D. He is a patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians and metalworkers. Known as the "Apostle of the Ardennes", he was called upon, until the early 20th century, to cure rabies through the use of the traditional Saint Hubert's Key.
Hubert was widely venerated during the Middle Ages. The iconography of his legend is entangled with the legend of the martyr Saint Eustace. The Bollandists published seven early lives of Hubert (Acta Sanctorum, November 3, 759 – 930 A.D.); the first of these was the work of a contemporary, although it offers few details.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hubertus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.