Sisebut (bishop)

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Sisebut (died 840) was

bishop of Urgell from 823 until his death.[1][2]

Little is known of his episcopate. In 833 he consecrated the church of the

.

He supposedly signed the Act of Consecration and Endowment of Urgell Cathedral in the presence of Count

Sunifred I of Urgell, in which there appears for the first time a reference to Andorra: the document mentions the six Andorran parishes as dependent on that diocese, but has been identified as an 11th-century forgery.[4]

He increased the patrimony of the diocese with purchases, the last of which is recorded in 840.

References

  1. ^ Diocese of Urgell, GCatholic.com.
  2. ^ History of Urgell.
  3. ^ 1.
  4. ^ [https://www.academia.edu/39730862/The_Act_of_Consecration_of_the_Cathedral_of_Urgell_a_forged_charter_of_the_time_of_Bishop_Ermengol_written_between_1016_and_1024 Academia.edu - The Act of Consecration and Endowment of Urgell Cathedral: a forged charter...: Carles Gascón Chopo, Hortus Artium Medievalium 24, 2018]