St. Hugh of Cluny

Today is Feast of St Hugh of Cluny (May 13, 1024 – April 28, 1109). The abbey of Cluny under his rule was the model of a Catholic restoration based on perfection of the celebration of the liturgy.

(Above) A near-contemporaneous image of St.Hugh; (below) a much later version. Both are depictions of his role as mediator between Countess Matilda of Tuscany and Gregory VII on the one hand and the Holy Roman emperor Henry IV on the other.