Nebridius

Saint Nebridius (Catalan: Nebridi, Spanish: Nebridio) was bishop of Egara (Terrassa) (516–527)[1][2] and then bishop of Barcelona from 540 to around 547 AD. His feast day falls on 9 February.[3] A native of Girona,[4] Nebridius, according to tradition, had three brothers who were also saints. They were Saint Justus, bishop of Urgell; Saint Elpidius; and Saint Justinian.[5] He was very learned and wrote interpretations of the Scriptures. He also wrote a work called In cantica canticorum about the church chants.[6] He was a Benedictine.[7]

Saint Nebridius
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
"Nebridius" was also the name of a close friend of Augustine of Hippo, who is mentioned in his letters.

Notes
  1. "Links: Obispado de Terrassa | Iglesia Románica - Barberá del Vallès, Barcelona". Archived from the original on 2008-03-23. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  2. St. Nebridius - Catholic Online
  3. Los Santos De Febrero
  4. Víctor Balaguer, Historia de Cataluña y de la Corona de Aragón (Barcelona: S. Manero, 1860), p. 126.
  5. Víctor Balaguer, Historia de Cataluña y de la Corona de Aragón (Barcelona: S. Manero, 1860), p. 126.
  6. Víctor Balaguer, Historia de Cataluña y de la Corona de Aragón (Barcelona: S. Manero, 1860), 126.
  7. Sociedad de literatos, La vuelta por España: Viaje histórico, geográfico, científico... (Barcelona: P. Riera, 1874), p. 925.


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