Around the year 1390, three ascetic monks who came from the monastery of Montserrat, Bertomeu Caboters, Pere Tarasacó and Berenguer de Güell, founded the hermitage in a place called Font Aribosa, a source from which clean, clear water flowed. In this place they invoked Saint Caterina, but not before obtaining permission from the king of Aragon, owner of the village and the Montgrí mountain itself.

The hermitage of Santa Caterina has undergone different reforms. We cannot forget that in 2004, a terrible fire burned the entire forest near the hermitage and a large part of the Montgrí massif, only some trees near the hermitage were saved from the burning.

For many years the hermitage was inhabited by hermits who subsisted thanks to the garden and the water well. After their death, the City Council entrusted the administration of the hermitage to a board of four neighbors, who are currently in charge of its administration and maintenance.

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