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Original bull and transsumpt of the union made by the priory of Sant Genís de Bellera to the monastery of Lavaix by Pope Benedict XIV

Date
1744 - 1752
Archive
County Archive of Alta Ribagorça
Document type
Textual
Reference code
CAT-ACAR-15-2
Link to the online document
Description

Original bull on vellum parchment with hanging lead papal seal. Response to the request made by the abbot and monastery of Lavaix for the union of the priory of Sant Genís de Bellera with the monastery of Santa Maria de Lavaix, due to the abuses committed by the priors who were only interested in income and who had failed to fulfill the obligations of the daily mass that had to be celebrated in the church of the priory. It is one of the few preserved documentary vestiges of this monastery, of great importance in Ribagorça from its foundation in the 7th century until its abandonment due to confiscation in 1835.