Berceo is a municipality in
La Rioja
La Rioja () is an autonomous communities in Spain, autonomous community and provinces of Spain, province in Spain, in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Its capital is Logroño. Other List of municipalities in La Rioja, cities and towns in the ...
,
Spain
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. It is located near the
monastery
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of
San Millán de la Cogolla
San Millán de la Cogolla () is a sparsely populated municipality in La Rioja (Spain). The village is famous for its twin monasteries, Yuso and Suso (Monasterio de San Millán de Yuso and Monasterio de San Millán de Suso), which were declared a ...
and was the birthplace of
Gonzalo de Berceo
Gonzalo de Berceo ( 1197 – before 1264) was a Spanish poet born in the Riojan village of Berceo, close to the major Benedictine monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla. He is celebrated for his poems on religious subjects, written in a style o ...
. It has also been proposed as identification of historic ''Vergegio'', named by
Braulio of Zaragoza
Braulio (), 585 – 651 AD, was bishop of Zaragoza and a learned cleric living in the Kingdom of the Visigoths. Both as pastor and writer, he is one of the most celebrated of saints of the Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania that lasted from the 5t ...
as the birthplace of Saint
Millán Millan or Millán is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
*Agustín Millán (born 1958), Spanish handball player
*Alejandro Millán (born 1980), Mexican musician
*Amy Millan, Canadian singer and musician
* ...
, although present
Berdejo
Berdejo is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census ( INE), the municipality had a population of 66 inhabitants.
Geography
In ancient times, Berdejo was known by the names of Berdeio or Ve ...
in
Aragon
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is another candidate.
References
Municipalities in La Rioja (Spain)
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