Hugh Aycelin

Hugh Aycelin (1230, Billom – 28 December 1297, Rome) was a French Cardinal.

Hugh participated in the conclave of 1292–1294, which elected Pope Celestine V. In August 1294 he was promoted to the rank of Cardinal-Bishop of the suburbicarian see of Ostia, proper of the Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals.

He presided over the papal conclave of 1294 and consecrated bishop of Rome the new Pope Boniface VIII on 23 January 1295.

Following the instructions of his will he was buried in front of the main altar of the basilica Santa Sabina in Rome.

Hugh was the author of numerous works in theology and commentaries on the Book of Proverbs and the Lamentations of Jeremiah.

Hugh Aycelin