Landulf of Carcano
[''Landolfo da Carcano'' in Italian.] (died 998) was the
archbishop of Milan, as Landulf II, from 979 until his death.
According to the 11th-century Milanese chronicler
Landulf of Milan Landulf of Milan ( it, Landolfo di Milano, la, Landulfus Mediolanensis) was a late eleventh-century historian of Milan. His work ''Historiae Mediolanensis'' contains a proportion of pure invention, as well as gross inaccuracies. He is called Landul ...
, Landulf came to power in Milan through "the wicked designs of his father", Bonizo, who had governed Milan during the time of
Otto I, "as a local count overseeing a ''castrum''
astle. When the previous archbishop,
Godfrey I, died on 19 September 979, Bonizo installed his son as bishop "against the will of every order of cleric". After Bonizo was murdered in bed by his slave, Landulf was forced to flee to the court of
Otto II. Otto led an army "of barbarians", according to the chronicler, against Milan, but Landulf made an agreement with the leading men of the city and prevented bloodshed.
The later ''capitanei'' of Milan, the "nobles
assals of the archbishopwhose estates lay in the countryside just outside the city", claimed to derive their rights from this episode. Landulf is said to have invested them as "greater knights" (''milites majores''). According to the eleventh-century historian
Arnulf of Milan
Arnulf of Milan, or Arnulfus Mediolanensis ( 1018–1077) was a medieval chronicler of events in Northern Italy. He was the great-nephew of Archbishop Arnulf I of Milan.
Arnulf was born in the late 10th or early 11th century. He gives eyewitness ...
, Landulf re-establish "perpetual peace" (''pax perpetua'') by
enfeoffing the ''capitanei'' with ecclesiastical property. Landulf of Milan castigates the archbishop for being as "wicked as a scorpion" (''iniquus velut scorpio'') in alienating church lands.
Landulf gave jobs to persons of the "popular" (i.e., lower) class, leading to tension with the civic leaders. In 983 Landulf was exiled from the city and had to make many concessions to the aristocracy to be allowed to return.
In 996, Landulf founded the
monastery of San Celso in Milan.
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10th-century births
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10th-century Italian clergy
10th-century archbishops
Archbishops of Milan
Founders of Catholic religious communities