The ''Chronicon Salernitanum'', or "Salerno Chronicle", is an anonymous 10th century chronicle of the history of the

Principality of Salerno The Principality of Salerno ( la, Principatus Salerni) was a medieval Southern Italian state, formed in 851 out of the Principality of Benevento after a decade-long civil war. It was centred on the port city of Salerno. Although it owed alle ...

. It was probably written around 990 (or 974) and has been attributed to

Radoald of Salerno Radoald (also ''Raduald'') (died 651) was the duke of Benevento (the southernmost Lombard duchy in medieval Italy) from 646 to his death in 651. His elder brother, Aiulf, was mentally unstable and Radoald and their younger brother Grimoald serv ...

, Abbot of San Benedetto, by Huguette Taviani-Carozzi. It "has some claims to literary merit" and the "matter is good despite the lack of critical ability which disfigures the work," according to the

Catholic Encyclopedia The ''Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church'' (also referred to as the ''Old Catholic Encyclopedia'' and the ''Original Catholic Encyclopedia'') i ...

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''Chronicon Salernitanum''
from Ulla Westerbergh (ed.), ''Chronicon Salernitanum: A Critical Edition with Studies on Literary and Historical Sources and on Language'', Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis, Studia Latina Stockholmiensia 3 (Stockholm, 1956).

{{Authority control Italian chronicles 10th-century history books 10th-century Latin books Duchy of Benevento Principality of Salerno 10th-century Italian historians 10th-century Latin writers