English Benedictine monk and author (c.1095–c.1160)
Not to be confused with Hugh of Remiremont.
Hugh Candidus
Born
c. 1095
Died
c. 1160 (aged 64–65)
Other names
Hugh Albus Hugo Albus Hugh Whyte
Occupation
monk
Known for
History of Peterborough Abbey
Hugh Candidus (c. 1095 – c. 1160) was a monk of the Benedictine monastery at Peterborough, who wrote a Medieval Latin account of its history, from its foundation as Medeshamstede in the mid 7th century up to the mid 12th century.[1][2]
^King, Edmund (2010). "Dictionary of National Biography: Hugh Candidus". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14057. Retrieved 6 August 2010. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)(subscription required). Edmund King is currently Emeritus Professor of Medieval History Archived 2009-11-01 at the Wayback Machine at the University of Sheffield. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
^Tout, Thomas Frederick (1885–1900). Dictionary of National Biography: Hugh Candidus. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
"Hugo Candidus", "candidus" having a similar meaning to "albus". John Leland translated "Candidus" as if it were a surname, calling him "Hugh Whyte."[citation...
groups and recorded in the Tribal Hidage; related to the name of Jarrow. HughCandidus, a twelfth-century chronicler of Peterborough Abbey, describes its foundation...
Peterborough Chronicle below) and a history of the abbey by the monk HughCandidus. The town does not appear to have been a borough until at least the...
Stenton as "one of the greatest monasteries of the Mercian kingdom". HughCandidus, a 12th-century monk of Peterborough who wrote a history of the abbey...
(ed.), The Chronicle of HughCandidus a Monk of Peterborough, OUP, 1949 (in Latin) or The Peterborough Chronicle of HughCandidus (3rd edn.), Mellows, W...
Look up Candidus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Candidus may refer to: Tiberius Claudius Candidus, Roman general who fought against Emperor Pescennius...
establishment of the Roman liturgy in Aragon through the papal legate HughCandidus, whose work also resulted in its spread to Navarre. While the Council...
Other examples of hagiographies from England include: the Chronicle by HughCandidus the Secgan Manuscript the list of John Leyland possibly the book Life...
Hériman of Tournai, French chronicler (d. 1147) Hugh Bigod, English nobleman and advisor (d. 1177) HughCandidus, English monk and historian (d. 1160) Kōgyō-Daishi...
prelates included 29 bishops from the Holy Roman Empire and one priest, HughCandidus, representing the College of Cardinals. All the kingdoms of the empire...
Canterbury Cathedral), was added. The existing mid-12th-century records of HughCandidus, a monk, list the Abbey's reliquaries as including two pieces of swaddling...
relics are listed at Glastonbury in the mid-twelfth-century list of HughCandidus of Peterborough), in Cathedral of Exeter and in Cathedral of Lincoln...
nobleman (b. 1105) Herman of Carinthia, German astronomer (b. 1100) HughCandidus, English monk and historian (b. 1095) Ibn Quzman, Andalusian poet and...
— John Blair, "Seaxwulf (d. c.692)", Dictionary of National Biography. HughCandidus, a 12th-century chronicler of Peterborough, described Seaxwulf as a...
Hériman of Tournai, French chronicler (d. 1147) Hugh Bigod, English nobleman and advisor (d. 1177) HughCandidus, English monk and historian (d. 1160) Kōgyō-Daishi...
Sebastiani cum aliis" The history of Westminster Abbey The Chronicle of HughCandidus, a Monk of Peterborough, ed. W.T. Mellows (1949). See propers for "XIV...
(Peterborough), and killed its abbot and monks. The 12th-century chronicle of HughCandidus (died c.1160) also relates that Ivar and Ubba were responsible for the...
Dryhthelm is listed as resting at Melrose in the resting-place list of HughCandidus. His feast day is 1 September. Anita Moorjani Pam Reynolds case Eben...
British in origin, Dachuna is known from the list of resting-places of HughCandidus, authored around 1155. Dachuna, along with Medan and Credan, were allegedly...
Pope, however, Gregory removed Gerald from this position and instated HughCandidus, a veteran of the crusade of Barbastro and a friend of the king of Aragon...
nobleman (b. 1105) Herman of Carinthia, German astronomer (b. 1100) HughCandidus, English monk and historian (b. 1095) Ibn Quzman, Andalusian poet and...
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