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==Veneration== Hubert was widely venerated in the [[Middle Ages]] and partly because of his noble birth, several military orders were named after him: the [[Bavaria]]n,<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07508b.htm Rudge, F.M. "Military Orders of St. Hubert." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 13 Aug. 2014]</ref> the [[Bohemia]]n [[International Order of St. Hubertus]] and that of the [[Archbishop of Cologne|Archbishop-Elector of Cologne]]. Hubert, along with [[Quirinus of Neuss]], [[Cornelius the Centurion|Cornelius]] and [[Anthony the Great|Anthony]], was venerated as one of the [[Four Holy Marshals]] (''Vier Marschälle Gottes'') in the [[Rhineland]].<ref>[http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienQ/Quirinus_von_Rom_von_Neuss.htm Quirinus von Rom (von Neuss) – Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon] (in German)</ref><ref>[http://www.soetele.de/links/quellen/kalvarien/muhresoat/marschaelle/marschaelle.html Der Raub der vier heiligen Marschälle] (in German)</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ahrdorf.de/html/body_die_kapelle.html |title= Die Kapelle von Ahrdorf - eine Geschichte von mehr als tausend Jahren |access-date=28 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211092415/http://www.ahrdorf.de/html/body_die_kapelle.html |archive-date=11 February 2012 |url-status=dead }} (in German)</ref> The ''St. Hubertus Orden'' ([[Order of Saint Hubert]]), a [[chivalric order]], was founded in 1444 by Gerhard V of [[Duchy of Jülich|Jülich and Berg]].<ref>[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/orders/ordhist.htm History of Orders of Chivalry<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In the [[Anglican Communion]], at least two [[church (building)|churches]] have been dedicated to Saint Hubert within the [[Church of England]].<ref name="Farmer2004">{{cite book|last=Farmer|first=David Hugh|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Saints|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cRjn9aC8zhIC&pg=PT414|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198609490|page=414|quote=Two churches were dedicated to him in England and the Sarum calendar eventually included his feast.}}</ref> ===Patronage=== St. Hubert of Liège is a patron saint of archers; dogs; forest workers; trappers; hunting and huntsmen;<ref name=Brown>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07507a.htm Brown, C.F. Wemyss. "St. Hubert." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 12 Aug. 2014]</ref> opticians; mathematicians;<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://catholicsaints.info/saint-hubert-of-liege/|title=Saint Hubert of Liege|date=2009-01-03|work=CatholicSaints.Info|access-date=2018-01-18|language=en-US}}</ref> metal workers; smelters and the city of Liège. St. Hubert has been described as the patron saint of hunters and is honored by sportsmen as the originator of ethical hunting behavior. However, he [[renunciation|renounced]] hunting after having his vision of encountering the stag, as it was believed that God had seen his hunting life as an [[profane (religion)|unholy]], [[sacrilege|sacrilegious]] one which would lead him to [[Hell in Christianity|Hell]]. When Hubert became a priest, clergy were subsequently forbidden to hunt and if they did, would be required to do [[penance]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Jones |first= Deborah M. |title= The School of Compassion |year= 2009 |publisher= Gracewing |location= [[Leominster]], [[Herefordshire]], [[England]] |isbn= 9780852447314 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=VszMPwAACAAJ}}</ref>
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