Abbot Oliva
Oliba (; 971–1046) was the count of Berga and Ripoll (988–1002), and later abbot of the monasteries of Santa Maria de Ripoll and Sant Miquel de Cuixà (1008–1046) and the bishop of Vic (1018–1046). He is considered one of the spiritual founders of Catalonia and perhaps the most important prelate of his age in the Iberian Peninsula. Oliba was a great writer and from his ''scriptorium'' at Ripoll flowed a ceaseless stream of works which are enlightening about his world. Most important are the Arabic manuscripts he translated into Latin for the benefit of 11th century and later scholars. Early life Oliba was born circa 971 to an affluent family in the Spanish March. His father was Oliba Cabreta, the count of Besalú, Cerdanya, Berga and Ripoll, and his mother was Ermengard of Empúries. His father's lineage made him the great-grandson of Wilfred the Hairy. Oliba had three brothers and a sister, and when his father chose to retire to a monastery in 988, his ...
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Count Of Berga
The counts of Berga were the feudal lords of Berga, one of the Catalan counties created out of Besalú in 988 for a younger son of Oliba Cabreta. The viscounts of Berga ruled the city in name during the rule of the counts of Besalú from the early tenth century. Counts {{Main article, Catalan counties #Catalan Counties under Bellonid dynasty Viscounts * Brandai (905-?) * Onofred (c.950) * Bardina (1003-1017) * Dalmau I (1017-1067) * Bernat Dalmau (1067-1086) * Dalmau II Bernat (1086-1113) * Guisla (1113-?) *William I (?-1183) * William II (1183-1196) *Berengar (1196-1199) *Raymond (1199) Sold to Peter II of Aragón. See also * Vescomtat de Berga at Catalan Wikipedia. Berga Berga () is the capital of the ''comarca'' (county) of Berguedà, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is bordered by the municipalities of Cercs, Olvan, Avià, Capolat and Castellar del Riu. History Berga derives its name from ...