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HUBERT (HUCBERTUS, HUGBERTUS), ST (d. 727) , See also:bishop of See also:Liege, whose festival is celebrated ,on the 3rd of See also:November. The See also:Bollandists have published seven different lives of the See also:saint. The first is the only one of any value, and is the See also:work of a contemporary. Unfortunately, it is very sparing of details. In it we see that Hubert in 708 succeeded See also:Lambert in the see of Maestricht (Tongres), and that he erected a See also:basilica to his memory. In 825 Hubert's remains were removed to a See also:Benedictine See also:cloister in the See also:Ardennes, which thenceforth See also:bore his name (St Hubert, See also:province of See also:Luxemburg, See also:Belgium), and ultimately became a considerable resort of pilgrims. The later legends (Bibliotheca hagiographica See also:latina, nos. 3994-4002) are devoid of authority. One of them relates, probably following the See also:legend of St Eustace, the See also:miracle of the See also:conversion of St Hubert. This conversion, represented as having been brought about while he was See also:hunting on See also:Good See also:Friday by a miraculous See also:appearance of a See also:stag bearing between his horns a See also:cross or crucifix surrounded with rays of See also:light, has frequently been made the subject of See also:artistic treatment. He is the See also:patron of hunters, and is also invoked in cases of See also:hydrophobia.

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knighthood have been under his See also:protection; among these may be mentioned the Bavarian, the Bohemian and that of the electorate of See also:Cologne. See Acta Sanctorum, Novembris, i. 759-930; G. Kurth, See also:Charles de l'abbaye de St Hubert en Ardenne (See also:Brussels, 1903) ; See also:Anna See also:Jameson, Sacred and Legendary See also:Art, i. 732-737 (See also:London, 1896) ; Cahier, Caracteristiques See also:des See also:saints, pp. 183, 775, &c. (See also:Paris, 1867). (H.

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Murals and other decorative features in the Basilica were painted by Charles-Joseph Redoute, father of Pirre-Joseph Redoute, probably the most famous floral artist of all time. The family lived close to the Basilica. SOURCE - "The Man Who Painted Roses" by Antonia Ridge, Faber & Faber, 1974
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