Jordi (bishop of Vic)

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)^{[lower-alpha 1]} 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

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.
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8. 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

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