- Berenguer de Cruïlles
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footnotes =Berenguer de Cruïlles was
bishop ofGirona , (Catalonia ), (1349-1362) and first President of theGeneralitat de Catalunya (1359-1362) in the 14th century.De Cruïlles was born around 1310 in
Peratallada , a town in southern Catalonia, and died inBarcelona in 1362. He was a member of the clergy at the See of Girona in 1321, canon in 1330, precentor in 1336, abbot of Sant Feliu in 1342, and was finally appointed bishop by PopeClement VI . He was a fervent supporter of the excommunication of Raymond Berenguar, Count ofEmpúries , uncle of the king. In 1357, he gave financial aid for the completion of the gold and wrought silver altarpiece for the cathedral, begun by his predecessor, bishop Gilabert de Cruïlles (1334-35).
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