Hugh of Vaucemain

Hugh of Vaucemain^[1] (died 1341) was a French Dominican, who became head of his order in 1333. He was a Burgundian.^[2]

His time as Master-General was marked by a conflict with Pope Benedict XII. Benedict, a Cistercian, was attempting a reform of the monastic orders. Hugh's position as the head of a mendicant order was apparently not against the reform as such, but derived from the feeling that the mendicants' position would then be threatened.^[3]

The Order numbered around 12,000 at this time, according to a census of 1337.^[4] This was a decade before the Black Death, which caused a general fall in population.

Preceded by Barnaba Cagnoli

Master General of the Dominican Order 1333–1341

Succeeded by Gerard de Daumar