Editing Lincoln Cathedral (section)

=== Little Saint Hugh ===
{{Main|Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln}}
In August 1255 the body of an eight-year-old boy was found in a well in Lincoln. He had been missing for nearly a month. This incident became the source of a [[blood libel]] in the city, with [[Jews]] accused of his abduction, torture, and murder. Many Jews were arrested and eighteen were [[hanging|hanged]]. The boy became known as Little Saint Hugh, to distinguish him from [[Saint Hugh of Lincoln]], but he was never [[canonised]].

The cathedral benefited from these events because Hugh was seen as a martyr, and many devotees came to the city and cathedral to venerate him. [[Geoffrey Chaucer]] mentions the case in "[[The Prioress's Tale]]" and a ballad was written about it in 1783. In 1955 a plaque was placed near "the remains of the shrine of 'Little St Hugh{{'"}} in the cathedral, that decries the "Trumped up stories of 'ritual murders' of Christian boys by Jewish communities."