Idalguer
Idalguer ({{langx|la|Hidelherius, Idelherus}}; died 914) was the second bishop of Vic (899–914) after the see was re-founded.{{sfn|Freedman|1983|ps=, appendix}} He played a leading role in re-organising the diocese, consecrating churches at Lluçà, Manlleu and Sant Julià de Vilatorta.[http://www.enciclopedia.cat/enciclopèdies/gran-enciclopèdia-catalana/EC-GEC-0033371.xml Idalguer] Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
At the council of Barcelona in 906 Idalguer averred that "there was not a single Christian left alive in Osona" after the rebellion of Aizo in 826–27 until the re-settlement initiated in 878 by Count Wifred I, the Hairy.{{sfn|Freedman|1991|p=89}} He attributes the reconquista and repoblación to divine mercy: "the Lord had mercy on those lands, he raised up in them the most noble prince Wifred".{{sfn|Salrach|2011|p=31: misertus Dominus terrae illa, suscitavit in ea nobilissimum principem Wifredum}} He was thus one of the first propagandists for the Bellonid family. His account before the council of the poverty of his diocese led to a remittance of the annual tribute owed to the archdiocese of Narbonne.
In 908 Idalguer had a will drawn up.{{sfn|Jarrett|2010|p=61}} He himself was the executor of the will of Count Wifred II in 911.
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- {{cite book |first=Paul |last=Freedman |title=Diocese of Vic: Tradition and Regeneration in Medieval Catalonia |url=https://archive.org/details/dioceseofvictrad00free |url-access=registration |year=1983 |publisher=Rutgers|isbn=9780813509709 }}
- {{cite book |first=Paul |last=Freedman |title=The Origins of Peasant Servitude in Medieval Catalonia |url=https://archive.org/details/originsofpeasant0000free |url-access=registration |year=1991 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521393270 }}
- {{cite book |title=Rulers and Ruled in Frontier Catalonia, 880–1010: Pathways of Power |first=Jonathan Andrew |last=Jarrett |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |year=2010}}
- {{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=La construcción medieval de la memoria regia |editor1-first=Pascual |editor1-last=Martínez Sopena |editor2-first=Ana |editor2-last=Rodríguez |year=2011 |publisher=Publicacions de la Universitat de València |title=La legitimación del poder condal en los orígenes de Cataluña |first=Josep Maria |last=Salrach |pages=21–32}}
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