Arnau de Gurb

As bishop, he expanded the episcopal palace, and built the Chapel of Santa Llúcia (Saint Lucy) in the cathedral of Barcelona.

With James II of Aragon, he participated in the conquest of the kingdom of Murcia.

He was close with Saint Raymond of Peñafort and promoted the cult of the Immaculate Conception.

James I of Aragon had appointed a censorship commission to remove the passages perceived offensive from the Talmud.

His body rests in a mausoleum in the Chapel of Santa Llúcia in the Cathedral of Barcelona.

Image of Bishop Arnau de Gurb on his tomb. Santa Llúcia Chapel, Cathedral of Barcelona
Mausoleum of Arnau de Gurb.