The monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll, one of the most important in the diocese, lay within the County of Besalú.

[1] As a result, the bishops of Vic came to control the city itself, blending public, private and ecclesiastical power there.

[2] By 911, when the will of Count Wifred II granted a third of the profits of the mints in Osona to the bishop, the latter had already replaced the viscount as the most powerful person in the county.

[2] During the reign of Louis IV (936–54), the bishop of Vic received royal confirmation of his monetary right.

[2] Throughout the 10th century the counts of Osona sought to re-settle the west of the county and fortify the frontier.