Documented for the first time in 962, it was listed as a monastic house dependent on the Ripoll monastery and since the 12th century it had housed a community of Benedictines. Practically nothing remains of the primitive Romanesque church, since in 1541 a mob of Frenchmen burned down the town, leaving the monastic house and the church collapsed.

The church was rebuilt in 1567, becoming the property of the Barcelona Cathedral. In the following years he carried out various renovations, including the addition of an altarpiece by the Milanese painter Joan Baptista Toscano and various images by the Catalan baroque artist Agustí Pujol. In successive centuries the church was expanded and in the 1950s, after the damage suffered during the civil war, the sgraffito exterior that can be seen today was painted.

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LaraFY

October 6, 2022

Tradition says that Quintí was the son of a Roman senator. The church of Rome sent him to evangelize the Amiens area, but during the trip Quintí was beheaded. His head was thrown into the River Somme along with his body, with a stone tied to his feet. Years later, through the prayer of a blind woman, the body of Sant Quintí emerged from the water and restored the woman's sight. Although nothing remains of the original Romanesque building, in the current building we find signs of some ancient temple.

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