Oliba was the count of Berga and Ripoll, and later abbot of the monasteries of Santa Maria de Ripoll and Sant Miquel de Cuixà and the bishop of Vic. He is considered one of the spiritual founders of Catalonia and perhaps the most important prelate... Wikipedia
Born: 971 AD, Besalú, Spain
Died: 1046 (age 75 years), Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, France
Great-grandparents: Wilfred the Hairy, Bernardo I de Ribagorza, and Sunyer II, Count of Empúries
Parents: Oliba Cabreta and Ermengarda de Vallespir