Anselperga (fl. 772), was an Italian abbess. She was the eldest daughter of

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, and

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. She was the second Abbess of San Salvatore e Santa Giulia, which her parents had formed in

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from the union of San Michele e San Pietro with San Salvatore e Santa Maria. Anselperga was richly endowed with land. She received donations from her father, mother, brother

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, and her maternal relatives. During her tenure San Salvatore was removed by her father from the jurisdiction of the

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and given to the

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. Nevertheless, on 13 October 772, Anselperga received a privilege from Patriarch Siguald. The date of Anselperga's death is unrecorded, but she was replaced by Radoara as early as 781.

Sources

*Ghisalberti, A. M., ed. ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: III Ammirato – Arcoleo''. Rome, 1961. *Murray, A. C., and Goffart, W. A., edd. ''After Rome's Fall: Narrators and Sources of Early Medieval History''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998. 8th-century births Lombard women Date of death unknown Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 8th-century Lombard people 8th-century Italian women {{RC-bio-stub