Gomelo II (died 906x9) was the

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. He succeeded Hermenegild I probably about 892. Only one document from his episcopate survives, though it was interfered with at a later date by

Pelagius of Oviedo Pelagius (or Pelayo) of Oviedo (died 28 January 1153) was a medieval ecclesiastic, historian, and forger who served the Diocese of Oviedo as an auxiliary bishop from 1098 and as bishop from 1102 until his deposition in 1130 and again from 1142 to ...

. Dated 20 January 905, it is

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of the Cathedral of San Salvador signed by a bishop ''Gomellus'' along with the bishops Froilán of León, Sisenand of Iria, Nausto of Coimbra, and Reccared of Lugo. The charter ordered the construction of a castle beside the church in order to house relics—and refugees—during

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attacks. The cathedral also received as gifts books, ornaments, villages, monasteries, churches, and rents of all kinds, but the jurisdiction over the church of Santa María de Lugo and the towns of

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and

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also given appear to be later (forged) additions. A 1612 copy of this diploma was mis-dated 1 February 925, but the list of bishops confirms the date of the copy in the

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of Oviedo. According to a later falsified document of bishop

, Alfonso III held a council at Oviedo in 899 or 900 and with the approval of a certain "Pope John" (perhaps John VIII was intended) raised Oviedo to metropolitan rank. A document dated 20 January 905 in Pelagius's '' Liber testamentorum'' records a large donation made by the monarch to the see of Oviedo and confirmed by Gomelo II. This document is strongly suspect.

References

*Barton, Simon and

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, edd. 2000. ''The World of El Cid: Chronicles of the Spanish Reconquest''. Manchester: Manchester University Press, see p. 70. *Canal Sánchez-Pagín, José María. 1993. "San Froilán, Obispo de León: Ensayo Biográfico," ''Hispania sacra'', 45(91):113–146, see p. 126. *Palomeque Torres, Antonio. 1948. "Episcopologio de la Sede de Oviedo durante el siglo X," ''Hispania sacra'', 1(2):269–298, see pp. 274–75. *Prado Reyero, Julio de. 1994. ''Siguiendo las huellas de San Froilán''. Editorial San Esteban, see p. 95. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomelo 02 900s deaths Bishops of Oviedo Year of birth unknown