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Hugh of Noara
Cistercian Benedictine monk
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Feast: 17 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
1170
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Novara di Sicilia, Saint Hugh, abbot, who, sent by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, began the Cistercian Order in this land and in Calabria.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 17 November as the abbot sent by Saint Bernard who began the Cistercian Order in Sicily and Calabria.
Connected on this site
- Bernard of Clairvaux Saint“Hugh of Noara or of Novara, also known as Ugo of Novara and Hugo of Novara, was a Cistercian monk and a disciple of Bernard of Clairvaux.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q9005319 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Hugh of Noara (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.