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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 11th of February WELCOME! VENERABLE HUGH OF SAINT VICTOR, MYSTIC V. Hugo de S. Victore  (commemorated on July 5, and also on February 11), also called "Hugh of Paris," is counted among the "Blessed" by Ferrarius * and Migne* , but others, and especially all the French sources, list him as "Venerable." We too give him this title, because the  Bollandists * do (II. 215). In their work, they then cite his praise from Saussayus * and remark that they have not come across sources that call him " Saint " or " Blessed ," which is why they mention him among their praetermissi . He seems to have been born around the year 1097.  Whether he descended, as is commonly assumed, from the Blankenburg family of counts is as uncertain as his homeland, as he is sometimes listed as a Saxon, sometimes as a Flemishman, a Lorrainer, and a Gaul. According to Mabillon *, he was born in the Ypres r...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 11th of February WELCOME! HUGH OF SAINT VICTOR, ABBOT AND MYSTIC Hugh of Saint Victor   Hugh of Saint Victor , born 1096, was Abbot of the Monastery of St Victor (Paris). He died [February 11], 1141. Hugh of Saint Victor is one of the orthodox mystics who, in contrast to the dialectical method of scholasticism, emphasize the spiritual vision of the highest truths and realities, although Church doctrine provides the criterion for the truth of vision. God is exalted above all being and includes it within himself. God is triune: Reason, Wisdom, and Love. Humanity is destined to participate in the blessedness of God. Toward the inner vision of God, the spirit rises above the stages of thought (cogitatio) and reflection (meditatio) to that of contemplation (on the part of the "intelligentia" ) and ecstasy. The soul is an immaterial, animating substance "anima substantia est vivificans... minime vero corporea....