Conde [de Lugo]. "…Pelagius comes, Froila comes, Lucidius comes, Erus Fredernandi, Ascarius, Petrus, Munio Muniz comes, Osorio comes, Gundesaluus comes…" subscribed the charter dated 6 May 899 under which Alfonso III King of Asturias consecrated the church of Santiago de Compostela. The Cronica de Sampiro (interpolated, España Sagrada edition), after quoting Papal correspondence relating to Santiago de Compostela, records a council held in Oviedo dated 7 May 899 in the presence of all the bishops and “Alvarus Lunensis comes, Veremundus Legionensis comes, Sarracinus Astoricæ et Verizo comes, Veremundus Torrensis comes, Berotus in Deza comes, Ermenegildus Tudæ et Portugalæ comes, Arias filius eius Eminio comes, Pelagius Breganciæ comes, Odoarius Castellæ et Aucæ comes, Silus Prucii comes, Erus in Lugo comes”. The territorial attributions are atypical of contemporary documentation which suggests that the charter is spurious. However, many of the names are recognizable as noblemen who are recorded at that time in other documents. “...Erus in Lugo comes...” presumably refers to Ero Fernández. He founded the monastery of Santa María de Ferreira de Pallares with his second wife. He governed the county of Lugo during the reign of Ordoño II King of León. “Munio, Eldontia, Erus Fredenandi, Gundesindus Didaci, Armentarium Siloni” confirmed the charter dated 24 Sep 926 under which “Gunterigus” granted dower to “sponse mee Gunterode”. 1
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