Hugh of Vaucemain

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Hugh of Vaucemain^[1] (died 1341) was a French Dominican, who became head of his order in 1333. He was a Burgundian^[2].

His time as Master-General was marked by a conflict with Pope Benedict XII. Benedict, a Cistercian, was attempting a reform of the monastic orders. Hugh's position as the head of a mendicant order was apparently not against the reform as such, but derived from the feeling that the mendicants' position would then be threatened^[3].

The Order numbered around 12,000 at this time, according to a census of 1337^[4]. This was a decade before the Black Death, which caused a general fall in population.

Preceded by Barnaba Cagnoli

Master General of the Dominican Order 1333 – 1341

Succeeded by Gerard de Daumar

[edit] Noyes

1. ^ Hugh or Hugues de Vaucemain.
2. ^ [1], Spanish language.
3. ^ Ashley/Dominicans: 3 Mystics 1300s
4. ^ CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Order of Preachers