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Blessed Ollegarius of Tarragona

marble statue of Saint Olegarius, artist unknown, 17th century; back choir of the Cathedral of Barcelona, Spain; swiped from Wikimedia Commons Also known as

Ollegarius Bonestruga
Ollegarius of Barcelona
Olaguerand
Oldegar
Olegari
Olegarius
Oligarius
Oleguer
Olegario

6 March

Profile

Augustinian canon regular. Prior of a succession of monasteries in France. Bishop of Barcelona, Spain in 1115. Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain in 1116. Revived and rebuilt the diocese from the sorry state in to which it had fallen during the Moorish occupation.

Born

1060 at Barcelona, Spain

1137 of natural causes
interred in the side chapel of Christ of Lepanto, cathedral of Barcelona, Spain
body incorrupt

25 May 1675 by Pope Clement X

Additional Information

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english

images
- Wikimedia Commons

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición
- Mercaba

fonti in italiano
- Santi e Beati

strony w jezyku polskim
- Conference of the Polish Episcopate

MLA Citation

“Blessed Ollegarius of Tarragona“. CatholicSaints.Info. 22 April 2020. Web. 26 January 2021. <>