Hugh of Avalon or Hugh of Burgundy, best known as Saint Hugh, bishop of Lincoln was at the time of the Reformation the best-known English saint after Thomas Becket. He was born at the château of Avalon, at the border of the Dauphiné with Savoy, the son of William, seigneur of Avalon. His mother Anna died when he was 8, and his father retired to a monastery at Villard-Benoit near Grenoble, taking his young son with him. Wikipedia
Hugh's primary emblem is a white swan , in reference to the story of the swan of Stowe which had a deep and lasting friendship for the saint, even guarding him while he slept. www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainth20.htm
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Hugh Of Lincoln. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_of_Lincoln
Another is that, rather than the accepted King Henry II, its real founder was the great St. Hugh, afterwards Bishop of Lincoln. www.britannia.com/history/somerset/churches/witham.html
