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Hubertus Siegert
Hubertus or Hubert ( 656 – 30 May 727 A.D.) was a Christian saint who became the first bishop of Liège in 708 A.D. He is the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians and metalworkers. Known as the "Apostle of the Ardennes", he was called upon, until the early 20th century, to cure rabies through the use of the traditional Saint Hubert's Key. Hubert was widely venerated during the Middle Ages. The iconography of his legend is entangled with the legend of the martyr Saint Eustace. The Bollandists published seven early lives of Hubertus (''Acta Sanctorum'', November 3, 759 – 930 A.D.); the first of these was the work of a contemporary, although it offers few details. Hubertus died 30 May 727 A.D. in or near a place called (in Latin) ''Fura''. In the later Middle Ages, this location was claimed to have been identified as Tervuren near Brussels; recent scholarship, however, considers Voeren (Fourons), a location much closer to Liège than Brussels, to be the saint's l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Hubert (other)
Saint-Hubert may refer to: People: * Hubertus, Saint Hubertus, also known as Saint Hubert, was appointed Bishop of Liège in 708 A.D. In Belgium: * Saint-Hubert, Belgium, a municipality in the Belgian province of Luxembourg * Saint-Hubert Air Base (Base de Saint-Hubert), a military airport located northeast of Saint-Hubert * Saint-Hubert Airport (Belgium), Saint-Hubert Airport (Aérodrome de Saint-Hubert), a civilian airport located north of Saint-Hubert In Canada: * Saint-Hubert, Quebec, a borough of Longueuil ** Longueuil–Saint-Hubert (AMT), ''formerly Saint-Hubert (AMT)'', a railway station ** Montréal/St-Hubert Airport, an airport in Longueuil ** CFB St. Hubert, a former Canadian Forces military base in Longueuil * St-Hubert, a Canadian restaurant chain * Saint Hubert Street, a street in Montreal * Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, a village in the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality In France: * Saint-Hubert, Moselle, a village and commune in the Moselle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
