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Saint Nebridius | |
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| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church |
- "Nebridius" was also the name of a close friend of Augustine of Hippo, who is mentioned in his letters.
Saint Nebridius ( Catalan: Nebridi, Spanish: Nebridio) was bishop of Egara (Terrassa) (516–527) [1] [2] and then bishop of Barcelona from 540 to around 547 AD. His feast day falls on 9 February. [3] A native of Girona, [4] Nebridius, according to tradition, had three brothers who were also saints. They were Saint Justus, bishop of Urgell; Saint Elpidius; and Saint Justinian. [5] He was very learned and wrote interpretations of the Scriptures. He also wrote a work called In cantica canticorum about the church chants. [6] He was a Benedictine. [7]
Notes
- ^ "Links: Obispado de Terrassa | Iglesia Románica - Barberá del Vallès, Barcelona". Archived from the original on 2008-03-23. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ St. Nebridius - Catholic Online
- ^ Los Santos De Febrero
- ^ Víctor Balaguer, Historia de Cataluña y de la Corona de Aragón (Barcelona: S. Manero, 1860), p. 126.
- ^ Víctor Balaguer, Historia de Cataluña y de la Corona de Aragón (Barcelona: S. Manero, 1860), p. 126.
- ^ Víctor Balaguer, Historia de Cataluña y de la Corona de Aragón (Barcelona: S. Manero, 1860), 126.
- ^ Sociedad de literatos, La vuelta por España: Viaje histórico, geográfico, científico... (Barcelona: P. Riera, 1874), p. 925.
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