Justus of Urgell ( ca, Sant Just, es, San Justo; died c. 527 AD) was a Spanish
bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...
and
saint. He is the first recorded
bishop of Urgell
The Diocese of Urgell is a diocese in Catalonia (Spain) and Andorra in the historical County of Urgell, , and is thought to have participated in some of the
Councils of Toledo
From the 5th century to the 7th century AD, about thirty synods, variously counted, were held at Toledo (''Concilia toletana'') in what would come to be part of Spain. The earliest, directed against Priscillianism, assembled in 400. The "th ...
, and the councils of
Lleida, and
Valencia
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. He is mentioned by
Isidore of Seville, who considered him one of the “illustrious men" of whom he wrote the lives. According to one tradition, Justus had three brothers who were also saints:
Nebridius
:''"Nebridius" was also the name of a close friend of Augustine of Hippo, who is mentioned in his letters.''
Saint Nebridius ( ca, Nebridi, es, Nebridio) was bishop of Egara (Terrassa) (516–527) and then bishop of Barcelona from 540 to aroun ...
, bishop of
Egara
Terrassa (, es, Tarrasa) is a city in the east central region of Catalonia, Spain, in the province of Barcelona, ''Comarques of Catalonia, comarca'' of Vallès Occidental, of which it is the co-capital along with Sabadell.
The name ''Terrassa ...
and then
bishop of Barcelona
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barcelona is a Latin rite Catholic metropolitan archbishopric in northeastern Spain's Catalonia region.
The cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor basilica: Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Santa Creu i ...
;
Elpidius; and Justinian.
Justus has been listed in the
Roman martyrology
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on 28 May, his feast day, since ancient times.
[Antoni Vicenç Domènec: ''Historia general de los santos y varones ilustres en santidad del Principado de Cataluña''. Baprcelona: emprenta de Gabriel Graells y Giraldo Dotil, 1602, p. 51-52.]
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Saints of May 28: Justus of Urgell
Year of birth unknown
527 deaths
Catalan Roman Catholic saints
Medieval Spanish saints
Bishops of Urgell
6th-century bishops in the Visigothic Kingdom
6th-century Christian saints
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