Andreas of Bergamo ( la, Andreas Bergomas) was an Italian historian of the late ninth century. He composed a continuation of the ''Historia Langobardorum'' of

Paul the Deacon Paul the Deacon ( 720s 13 April in 796, 797, 798, or 799 AD), also known as ''Paulus Diaconus'', ''Warnefridus'', ''Barnefridus'', or ''Winfridus'', and sometimes suffixed ''Cassinensis'' (''i.e.'' "of Monte Cassino"), was a Benedictine monk, s ...

down to ca. 877. The short continuation, untitled in the manuscripts, is sometimes called the ''Andreæ presbyteri Bergomatis chronicon'' (Chronicle of Andreas the priest of Bergamo). All that is known of Andreas is that he was a priest of the

diocese of Bergamo The Diocese of Bergamo ( la, Dioecesis Bergomensis; it, Diocesi di Bergamo; lmo, Diocesi de Bergum) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan.Emperor Louis II Louis II (825 – 12 August 875), sometimes called the Younger, was the king of Italy and emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 844, co-ruling with his father Lothair I until 855, after which he ruled alone. Louis's usual title was ''impera ...

from the river

Oglio The Oglio (; Latin ''Ollius'', or ''Olius''; Lombard ''Òi''; Cremonese ''Ùi'') is a left-side tributary of the river Po in Lombardy, Italy. It is long. In the hierarchy of the Po's tributaries, with its of length, it occupies the 2nd pla ...

as far as the Adda in 875.Luigi Andrea Berto
"Andreas of Bergamo"
in ''Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle'', edited by Graeme Dunphy, Cristian Bratu. Consulted online on 16 October 2018. However, he never says that he was from Bergamo and he never identifies himself as either a Lombard or a Frank.Luigi Andrea Berto, ''Making History in Ninth-Century Northern and Southern Italy'' (Pisa: Pisa University Press, 2018), pp. 20–21. Andreas' chronicle is an important primary source for ninth-century Italy, especially the

Po valley The Po Valley, Po Plain, Plain of the Po, or Padan Plain ( it, Pianura Padana , or ''Val Padana'') is a major geographical feature of Northern Italy. It extends approximately in an east-west direction, with an area of including its Venetic ex ...

. It is the best source for the succession dispute following the death of the Louis II. His chronicle does not have a prologue or a dedication. It begins with the arrival of the Lombards in Italy under

Alboin Alboin (530s – 28 June 572) was king of the Lombards from about 560 until 572. During his reign the Lombards ended their migrations by settling in Italy, the northern part of which Alboin conquered between 569 and 572. He had a lasting effe ...

(568–72), but down to the reign of Liutprand (712–44) it is just a summary of Paul the Deacon's work. From Liutprand on, it is an original work. It concerns itself mainly with high politics and the acts of the

Carolingian The Carolingian dynasty (; known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charlemagne, grandson of mayor Charles Martel and a descendant of the Arnulfing and Pippin ...

rulers of northern Italy, as well as Louis II's campaigns in southern Italy.

Editions

* *''Italian Carolingian Historical and Poetic Texts'', edited and translated by L. A. Berto. Pisa: Pisa University Press, 2016. Franks and Lombards in Italian Carolingian Texts: Memories of the Vanquished, edition and translation by L. A. Berto (Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2021).

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andreas of Bergamo Italian chroniclers 9th-century Italian historians Year of birth unknown 9th-century Latin writers Year of death missing Writers from the Carolingian Empire People from Bergamo