Hugh of Digne

Who was Hugh of Digne?

Hugh of Digne was a Provençal Franciscan ascetical writer.

His close friend Salimbene refers to him in his Chronicles as "one of the most renowned clerics of the world a great preacher and in favour both among the clergy and the people; ever ready to dispute, he was possessed of a fluent speech, and a voice like that of a trumpet; he was a spiritual man ultra modum, so that on hearing him preach one would believe that he was listening to another St. Paul or another Elias." Salimbene also tells us that he was called Hugh of Bareol and that the Lombards knew him as Hugh of Montepesulano.

His sister, Douceline of Digne, was the founder of the Beguines of Marseilles.