Josep Massot

Josep Massot i Muntaner (3 November 1941 – 24 April 2022) was a Spanish historian, Roman Catholic monk and philologist.

[1] He studied Romance philology at the University of Barcelona with literary historian Martí de Riquer i Morera and Joan Petit.

[3] He worked as a teacher at the University of Barcelona from 1970 to 1983, and was then appointed secretary of the International Association of Catalan Language and Literature.

[4] Massot entered the Benedictines of the Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey in 1962, and was ordained as a priest in 1972.

[9] In 2019, Massot was honored with the Gold Medal of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands.

Massot with the Medal of Honor of the Xarxa Vive d'Universitats in 2018
Massot with Feliu Formosa and Jaume Cabré in 2018