Hugo d'Eu, Bishop of Lisieux

Hugh of Eu (Hugues, Hugo) ( - d. 17 July 1077) was Bishop of Lisieux from 1049 to 1077. History Hugh was the son of William I, Count of Eu, and his wife Lesceline. One of his brothers, Robert, would become Lord of Hastings following the Conquest of England, and his other brother, William Busac, would later become the Count of Eu and then Count of Soissons through marriage. William I of Eu's father was Richard I of Normandy, making Hugh the second cousin of William the Conqueror. William of Poitiers and Orderic Vitalis both depict him with a flattering light. He became bishop of Lisieux at a very young age in 1049; despite his youth, William of Poitiers insisted that he 'showed himself more spiritually mature than the greybeards', that is, than the other bishops of Normandy. Under his episcopacy he completed the reconstruction of the cathedral, originally begun by his predecessor, Herbert of Lisieux, and proceeded his dedication according to the Neustria Pia on 8 July 1060. He was responsible for bringing the relics of Arcadius of Bourges to Saint Ursin's. He organized the cathedral chapter, composed of a dean, a treasurer and a cantor, and brought to the diocese a number of distinguished priests, many educated there at Hugh's instruction.