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Sant Moí Hermitage

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    1. Serra de Bufadors - circular from Castell de Monesquiu (PR-C 214)

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    April 21, 2023

    The hermitage of Sant Moí is a beautiful Romanesque hermitage belonging to the municipality of Santa Maria de Besora, in the Osona region. It is believed that it was built at the end of the 10th century. Few vestiges remain inside the hermitage, but remains of paintings can still be seen in the apse.

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      This hermitage, also called Esglesiola de Sant Moí, is located next to the farmhouse of the same name, in the municipality of Santa Maria de Besora, within the Parc del Castell de Montesquiu.

      It is a pre-Romanesque building (or a very primitive Romanesque one), probably built at the end of the 10th century. This small building consists of a short rectangular classroom covered with a wooden structure and a highly elevated semicircular apse.

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        LEGEND OF SAN MOÍ
        The legend of Sant Moí is part of Catalan folklore and it seems that it would be a legendary saint, it does not correspond to a real personage. The tradition, collected among others by Joan Amades, says that he was a hermit who lived in deep solitude in Santa Maria de Besora, in the hermitage of Sant Moí. He spent the time dedicated to prayer and doing work with wood, specifically clogs, which he left on the edge of a path for passers-by to pick up. He had no tools, and made the clogs with only his hands. He was deaf and therefore did not speak much and went years without saying a word.
        According to another version, it was because he never spoke to anyone that he became deaf, and that is why he was adopted as a patron saint by those who lost their hearing, who asked: "Sant Moí, make me hear". When he died, all the land around the hermitage was covered with white and fragrant lilies. The shepherds saw the hermitage bathed in heavenly light and, upon entering, found it empty: the hermit had been taken to heaven by angels.

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          Location: Santa Maria De Besora, Osona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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