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Hugh of St Cher (c. 1200 – March 19, 1263) was a French Dominican cardinal and Biblical commentator. He was born at St Cher, a suburb of Vienne, Dauphiné, and while a student in Paris entered the Dominican convent of the Jacobins in 1225. He taught philosophy, theology, and Canon law. As provincial of his order, which office he held during most of the third decade of the century, he contributed largely to its prosperity, and won the confidence of the popes Gregory IX, Innocent IV and Alexander IV, who charged him with several important missions. Created cardinal priest of S. Sabina in 1244, he played an important part in the council of Lyons in 1245, contributed to the institution of the Feast of Holy Sacrament, the reform of the Carmelites (1247), and the condemnations of the Introductorius in evangelium aeternum of Gherardino da Borgo San Donnino (1255), and of William of St Amour's De periculis novissimorum temporum. Grand penitentiary 1256–1262. He was named Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia in December 1261, but resigned few months later and returned to his title of S. Sabina. He died at Orvieto on 19 March 1263.

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