Landulf of Turin (died 1037) was an Italian bishop. He was
bishop of Turin from 1011 until his death in 1037.
Life
According to
Peter Damian, Landulf was an imperial chaplain, before
Henry II appointed him bishop of Turin.
One of Landulf's first acts as bishop of Turin was to confirm, and increase, the donations of his predecessor,
Bishop Gezo of Turin, to the episcopal monastery of San Solutore in Turin. In January 1015, Landulf was in Rome, where he witnessed
Pope Benedict VIII’s confirmation of the
Abbey of Fruttuaria’s ‘apostolic liberty’. In 1017 Landulf made a donation to the episcopal convent of San Pietro in Turin. In 1022, Landulf was present at the
synod of
Pavia
Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the cap ...
, presided over by Benedict VIII and Henry II.
Around 1028 Landulf worked with
Ulric Manfred II of Turin, Bishop
Alric of Asti Alric ( December 1036), also known as Alrico, Adalric, and Odelric, was a medieval Lombard bishop of Asti in Italy from 1007 or 1008 until his death.
Alric was a member of the Arduinici dynasty, the son of Manfred, marquis of Susa, and his wife P ...
, and
Archbishop Aribert of Milan
Aribert (or Heribert) ( Italian: ''Ariberto da Intimiano'', Lombard: ''Aribert de Intimian'') ( Intimiano, between 970 and 980 - Milan, 16 January 1045) was the archbishop of Milan from 1018, a quarrelsome warrior-bishop in an age in which suc ...
to combat heresy at
Monforte.
Because the diocese of Turin had been devastated "not only by pagans, but also by perfidious Christians" (''non solum a paganis verum etiam a perfidis christianis''), Landulf pursued a policy of reconstruction during his episcopate. He restored the
cathedral church of Turin, and built new churches and fortifications in
Chieri
Chieri (; pms, Cher) is a town and '' comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont ( Italy), located about southeast of Turin, by rail and by road. It borders the following municipalities: Baldissero Torinese, Pavarolo, Montaldo ...
, Testona, Rivalba, Piobesi, Piasco, Mathi, ''Mocoriadum'' and ''Tizanum''. He also founded the monastery of Santa Maria in Cavour, which he endowed with property around Pinerolo.
[B. Baudi di Vesme, E. Durando, F. Gabotto, eds., ''Carte della abazia di Cavour'' (Pinerolo, 1900), no. 2 (1037).]
References
*F. Savio, ''Gli antichi vescovi d’Italia. Il Piemonte'' (Turin, 1899), pp. 339–343, accessible online at
*G. Gandino, ‘Il testamento di Landolfo come affermazione di autocoscienza vescovile,’ in G. Casiraghi, ed., ''Il rifugio del vescovo. Testona e Moncalieri nella diocesi medievale di Torino'' (Turin, 1997), pp. 15–29.
*P. Cancian, ‘Il testamento di Landolfo: edizione critica,’ in G. Casiraghi, ed., ''Il rifugio del vescovo. Testona e Moncalieri nella diocesi medievale di Torino'' (Turin, 1997), pp. 31–43.
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11th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops of Turin