Editing Hubert of Liège (section)

==Religious career==
[[File:St Hubert of Liège is consecrated bishop by Pope Sergius.jpg|thumb|left|Hubert being consecrated Bishop by [[Pope Sergius&nbsp;I]].]]

Hubert set out immediately for [[Maastricht]], to meet Lambert, a bishop who received him kindly and became his spiritual director. Hubert renounced all his very considerable honors and gave up his birthright to the [[Aquitaine]] to his younger brother, [[Odo of Aquitaine|Odo]], whom he made guardian of his infant son, Floribert. Having distributed all his personal wealth among the poor, Lambert sent him to the Ardennes to live amongst the people and the forest creatures. Hubert studied for the priesthood, was ordained, and soon afterward became one of Lambert's chief associates in the administration of his diocese. At the request of Lambert, Hubert made a [[pilgrimage]] to Rome in 708 in Lambert's name, but during his absence, Lambert was assassinated in Liège by the followers of Pepin. According to the hagiographies of Hubert, this act was simultaneously revealed to the pope in a vision, together with an injunction to appoint Hubert [[bishop of Maastricht]].<ref>Guérin, Paul. ''Les Petits Bollandistes: Vies des Saints'',  Bloud et Barral: Paris, 1882, Vol. 13</ref>

Hubert distributed his episcopal revenues among the poor, was diligent in fasting and prayer, and became well known for his eloquence in the pulpit. In 720, in obedience to a vision, Hubert [[translation (relics)|translated]] St. Lambert's remains from Maastricht to Liège with great pomp and ceremony, with several neighboring bishops assisting. A basilica for the relics was built upon the site of Lambert's [[martyr|martyrdom]], and was consecrated as a [[Saint Lambert's Cathedral, Liège|cathedral]] the following year, the [[episcopal see|see]] being removed from Maastricht to Liège, then only a small village. This laid the foundation of the future greatness of Liège, of which Lambert is honored as patron, and Hubert as founder and first bishop.

Hubert actively evangelized among pagans in the extensive [[Ardennes]] forests<ref>{{cite book |chapter= Hubert of Liege (St) |editor-last= Watkins |editor-first= Basil |title= The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary |edition= 8th |year= 2016 |orig-date= 1921 |publisher= [[Bloomsbury Publishing]] |page= 318 |isbn= 978-0-56766-414-3 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=OjuOCgAAQBAJ&q=editions:ZYq9Eh9oXoUC |quote= the Ardennes ... was a remaining stronghold of paganism.}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=OjuOCgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:ZYq9Eh9oXoUC&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiW0LGDityIAxVKGTQIHRfDCZ8QuwV6BAgMEAc#v=onepage&q&f=false Preview]</ref> and in [[Toxandria]], a district stretching from near [[Tongeren]] to the confluence of the rivers [[Waal (river)|Waal]] and the [[Rhine]]. He gained the trust (and the faith) of its people through the outdoorsman skills he acquired in his hunting life. He became a sought authority whenever matters of the forest came up.<ref>[https://www.iosh-usa.com/about-us/history-of-st-hubertus "History of St Hubertus", international order of Saint Hubertus]</ref>
[[File:Rogier van der Weyden and workshop - Exhumation of St Hubert NG 783.jpg|thumb|''The exhumation of Saint Hubert in the church of Saint Peter at [[Liège]]'', by [[Rogier van der Weyden]], c. 1437.]]