Froia (or Fruia, ca, Frujà or ; died 992×93) was a canon of the

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from 957 and

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from 972. His predecessor, Atto, tried to have Vic raised to archiepiscopal status, but was assassinated by his opponents. Elected to replace him, Froia was consecrated by Ermengol,

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, who had opposed Atto because Vic was a

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of Narbonne. On 25 February 978, Pope Benedict VII confirmed the possessions and borders of the see of Vic in a pair of

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sent to Froia and the other suffragan bishops of Narbonne. Froia pursued a policy of acquiring and building castles along the Catalan frontier, even within the

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and diocese of Barcelona. In 987, Count

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donated half of the frontier castle of

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to Froia, who extracted an oath of fidelity from the castellan or vicar, Ennec Bonfill: the earliest surviving written oath from Catalonia. Froia also acquired the castles of Les Espases,

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and

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in the diocese of Barcelona. He also attempted to construct castles at

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and Tous. Froia was assassinated in 992 or 993 by a faction supporting an anti-bishop. He was succeeded by

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