Hugh of Noara
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Hugh of Noara also known as Ugo of Novara and Hugo of Novara was Cistercian Benedictine
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, a disciple of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. French by birth, he served as first abbot at Novara abbey, Sicily. There Hugh remained until his death in 1170.
Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
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Monk
A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
, a disciple of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. French by birth, he served as first abbot at Novara abbey, Sicily. There Hugh remained until his death in 1170.