Urgel

[ oor-hel ]

noun

1. a town in northeastern Spain, south-southwest of Andorra: known for its cathedral.

Example Sentences

A representative for Urgel Bourgie in Montreal declined to give any information on the case.

From BBC

A death certificate from the State of Washington said the body was moved to a Urgel Bourgie funeral home in Montreal on 14 July.

From BBC

Urgel seems to have been the headquarters of the sectaries, for subsequently we hear of their sharp persecution there by the Dominican inquisitor, Bernardo Travesser, and of his martyrdom by them.

From Project Gutenberg

In right of his wife Ermessende, Roger Bernard the Great of Foix was Vizconde of Castelbo, a fief held of the Bishop of Urgel, with whom he had had a bitter war.

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In conjunction with his colleague, Fray Pedro de Tonenes, and Arnaldo, Bishop of Barcelona, he rendered final judgment, January 11, 1257, against the memory of Ramon, Count of Urgel, as a relapsed heretic who had abjured before the Bishop of Urgel, and whose bones were to be exhumed; but, with unusual lenity, the widow, Timborosa, and the son, Guillen, were admitted to reconciliation and not deprived of their estates.

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