Sant Aniol d'Agulla

Sant Aniol d'Aguja is a Benedictine monastery in Montagut i Oix, Province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It was declared a Bé Cultural d'Interès Nacional in 1983.

The monastery was founded in the year 859 by a group of Benedictine monks from St. Mary of Arles from Vallespir, which had been plundered by the Normans. In the year 872, Racimir, the first abbot of the new monastery, obtained from the Frankish king Charles the Bald recognition of a territory, which included possession of the church of Sant Llorenç de Mont. Sant Aniol d'Aguja was a small monastery in a secluded area with few resources, making it unable to attract a large religious community. The institution was soon brought under the control of the canons of the cathedral of Girona, already documented in the year 899. In 1003, the monastery of Sant Aniol d'Aguja came under the control of Sant Llorenç de Mont. Sant Aniol d'Aguja became a simple parish church dependent on Sant Llorenç de Mont, which in turn depended on Sant Feliu de Riu.

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