Hugo von Floreffe

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Hugo von Floreffe was a Middle Latin author and Premonstratensian monk who worked in Floreffe (near Namur ) around 1228 .

life and work

Hugo von Floreffe (Latin: Hugo Floreffiensis , also: Floreffensis , French: Hugues de Floreffe , English: Hugh of Floreffe ) was a monk in the Premonstratensian Abbey of Floreffe in what is now Belgium. On behalf of the abbot Jean de Hoioul, who was in office from 1220 to 1239, he wrote the Vita of Blessed Jutta von Huy in Middle Latin, which has recently been translated into English and French and published again.

expenditure

  • De B. Vita Ivetta sive Iutta, vidua reclusa, Hui in Belgio, in: Acta Sanctorum . January. Volume 1, January 13, Paris 1867, 863–887 (Latin)
  • The life of Yvette of Huy , translated into English by Jo Ann McNamara, Toronto 1999 (English)
    • Living saints of the thirteenth century. The lives of Yvette, anchoress of Huy, Juliana of Cornillon, author of the Corpus Christi feast, and Margaret the Lame, anchoress of Magdeburg , Turnhout 2011 (English)
  • Vita Ivettae De Hoyo. Vie de Juette de Huy, translated and edited. by Paul Verdeyen SJ, in: Analecta Cisterciensia 64, 2014, pp. 136–311 (Latin and French)

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SURNAME Hugo von Floreffe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hugo Floreffiensis; Hugo Floreffensis; Hugues de Floreffe; Hugh of Floreffe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Premonstratensian monk and Middle Latin author who worked in Floreffe (near Namur) around 1228
DATE OF BIRTH before 1228
DATE OF DEATH after 1228