Nambaudus

Nambaudus or Anambadus (died 731) was a bishop of Urgell in northern Spain.[1] [2]

Very little is known of his episcopate, except that he is documented in a manuscript dated around 725.

Biography

In 731, Nambaudus remained loyal to the Arab governor during the rebellion of the Berber Munussa.[3] He was captured by the rebel chieftain and burned alive in a bonfire in Llivia.

In 731, Visigoth forces were rebelling against Arab rule. Bishop Anambad, the then bishop of Urgell, did not want to help the rebels and remained loyal to the authority of the Arab governor, so he was captured by Munussa, an Berber leader who led the revolt in the area. Munussa immediately executed Anambad's supporters, but preferred to take him alive to Llívia and burn him at the stake.

References
  1. Els Llibres de l'Ànima de la Diputació del General de Catalunya (1493-1714). Institut d'Estudis Catalans
  2. Víctor Balaguer, Historia de Cataluña y de la Corona de Aragón (Barcelona: Salvador Manero, 1860),
  3. Coppée, Henry: History of the Conquest of Spain by the Arab Moors. Gorgias Press LLC, 2002 (1881), p. 430


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