Blessed Ollegarius of Tarragona

Also known as

• Olaguerand
• Oldegar
• Olegari

Memorial

• 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

Died

• 1137 of natural causes
• interred in Barcelona, Spain
• body incorrupt

Beatified

• 25 May 1675 by Pope Clement X

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Ollegarius of Tarragona”. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 March 2012. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-ollegarius-of-tarragona/>