Hugh of Lincoln

Hugh of Lincoln (c. 1140 – 16 November 1200), also known as Hugh of Avalon, was a Burgundian-born Carthusian monk, bishop of Lincoln in the Kingdom of England, and Catholic saint. His feast is observed by Catholics on 16 November and by Anglicans on 17 November.

Patron saint of sick children; sick people; cobblers; swans; the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham