This article is about the boy who was the subject of a mediaeval blood libel. For the adult saint, see Hugh of Lincoln.
Hugh of Lincoln
The body of Hugh in its coffin, drawn by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (1791)
Born
1246
Died
Before 27 August 1255 (aged 8–9)
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Hugh of Lincoln (1246 – 27 August 1255) was an English boy whose death in Lincoln was falsely attributed to Jews. He is sometimes known as Little Saint Hugh or Little Sir Hugh to distinguish him from the adult saint, Hugh of Lincoln (died 1200). The boy Hugh was not formally canonised, so "Little Saint Hugh" is a misnomer.[a]
Hugh became one of the best known of the blood libel "saints": generally Christian children whose deaths were interpreted as Jewish human sacrifices. It is believed by some historians that the church authorities of Lincoln steered events in order to establish a profitable flow of pilgrims to the shrine of a martyr and saint.[3]
Hugh's death is significant because it was the first time that the Crown gave credence to ritual child murder allegations, through the direct intervention of King Henry III.[4] It was further bolstered by Matthew Paris' account of the events, and by Edward I's support for the cult after his ordering of the expulsion of Jews from England, particularly his projection of power through the renovation of the tomb in the style of the Eleanor crosses.[5]
As a result, in contrast to other English blood libels, the story entered the historical record, medieval literature and in ballads that circulated until the twentieth century.[5]
^"William Smith and Samuel Cheetham, A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities (Murray, 1875), p. 283". Boston, Little. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
^"Pope Alexander III". Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
^Hillaby & Hillaby 2013, pp. 657–58
^Huscroft 2006, p. 102
^ abHillaby 1994, p. 96.
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