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Jordi (bishop of Vic)

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For the later bishop of Vic of the same name, see Jordi d'Ornós.
Early Romanesque church at Montserrat: the foundation was approved by bishop Jordi

Jordi (Latin: Georgius, George; died 947) was the bishop of Vic (Ausona) from 914 until his death.[1] After the death of bishop Idalguer, the clergy and people (plebs) of Vic acclaimed as bishop Jordi, whom they described as "noble, prudent, sober and chaste".[2] His election was confirmed on 17 June 914.[3]

In 935, he consecrated the second monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll under abbot Ennego.[4] In 945, he confirmed the foundation of the monastery of Santa Cecília de Montserrat under abbot Cesari and the rule of Saint Benedict, but retained episcopal control over it.[5] He also consecrated the church of Santa Maria de Manresa around 937.[6][7]

During his episcopate, Jordi expanded the property holdings of the diocese.[8] On 3 August 915, a certain Leupardus (Llopart)[a] donated some land in Felporc to Vic for the sake of his soul and that of his wife, Gaudesinda (Godesenda).[9] On 28 February 919, Jordi purchased a vineyard at Seva from Ferminus (Fermí) and his wife, Eldogiva (El·lovija).[10][11] On 17 July 918 the diocese was the recipient of half of a vineyard at Fontcoberta from one Ferruç.[12] In the town of Vic itself Jordi received an allodial grant on 21 October 921.[13] In 925, Jordi donated the churches of Sant Martí de Vinyoles and Sant Sadurní de Sovelles to the monastery of Ripoll.[14] In separate transactions on 11 November 941 and 19 November 942, Jordi purchased two halves of a vineyard at Sevedà for thirty solidi each.[15] He was the first bishop of Vic to organise an ecclesiastical structure in the region of the Moianès.[8]

Notes

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  1. ^ Names in parentheses are modern Catalanised forms of the recorded Latin.
  1. ^ Freedman 1983, p. appendix.
  2. ^ Ordeig i Mata 1999, pp. 170–71.
  3. ^ Ordeig i Mata 1999, p. 174.
  4. ^ Whitehill 1941, p. 35.
  5. ^ Whitehill 1941, p. 19.
  6. ^ Ordeig i Mata 1999, p. 45.
  7. ^ Travel Barcelona from MobileReference
  8. ^ a b Jordi Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
  9. ^ Ordeig i Mata 1999, p. 179.
  10. ^ Ordeig i Mata 1999, pp. 206–07.
  11. ^ Jarrett 2010, p. 61.
  12. ^ Ordeig i Mata 1999, p. 201.
  13. ^ Ordeig i Mata 1999, p. 229.
  14. ^ Ordeig i Mata 1999, pp. 263–64.
  15. ^ Ordeig i Mata 1999, pp. 395, 417.

References

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  • Freedman, Paul (1983). Diocese of Vic: Tradition and Regeneration in Medieval Catalonia. Rutgers. ISBN 9780813509709.
  • Jarrett, Jonathan Andrew (2010). Rulers and Ruled in Frontier Catalonia, 880–1010: Pathways of Power. Royal Historical Society Studies in History: New Series. Vol. 75. Boydell & Brewer.
  • Ordeig i Mata, Ramon (1999). Els Comtats d'Osona i Manresa, Part 1. Catalunya Carolíngia. Vol. 4. Barcelona: Institut d'Estudis Catalans.
  • Whitehill, Walter Muir (1941). Spanish Romanesque Architecture of the Eleventh Century (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
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