ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 28th of November
HUGH, COUNT OF MONTFORT, ABBOT
Hugo (Hugo), Count of Montfort (Monsfortis), became successor of Abbot Berthold at the Weingarten monastery. He was a disciple of Blessed Meingosus, whom he worthily imitated.
After holding his office of abbot for about 10 years, he died at Weingarten in 1242.
In Zedler* Hugh is listed as the 24th abbot of that former Benedictine monastery. (Buc. Suppl.)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861)
*A hagiography source used by the authors
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
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