Sisebut (bishop)
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Sisebut (? -840), was bishop of Urgell (823-840). [1][2] Living in the dark ages Spain, little is known of his episcopate except that:
- In 833 he consecrated the church of the castle of Lillet and
- in 834 he consecrated the monastery of Alaó.
- made a will in 839, in which he made important legacies of books to the cathedral[3] and
- in the monasteries of Codines, Sant Andreu de Tresponts, Santa Maria de Gerri, Sant Serni de Tavèrnoles, Alaó, Santa Grata de Senterada and Taverna.
- Signed the Act of Consecration and Endowment of the Cathedral of La Seu d'Urgell, made by Sisebut in the presence of Count Sunifred I of Urgell, appears for the first time a reference to Andorra.The document mentions the six Andorran parishes as dependent on that diocese.
He increased the patrimony of the diocese with purchases, the last of which in 840.
References
- ^ Diocese of Urgell, GCatholic.com.
- ^ History of Urgell.
- ^ 1.