Marianus I, known as Mariano de Zori, was an early

Judge of Arborea The Kings or ''Judges'' (from the Latin ''iudices'' and the Sardinian ', "judges," the title of the Byzantine officials left behind when Imperial power receded in the West) of the Arborea were the local rulers of the west of Sardinia during t ...

. The exact date of his reign is unknown. Francisco de Vico, followed by José Pellicer, placed it in 1000–20 without any documentary evidence.

Giovanni Francesco Fara Giovanni Francesco Fara (February 4, 1543 - 1591) was a Sardinian historian, geographer and clergyman,http://www.filologiasarda.eu/didattica/schede/slides.php?sez=37&id=560&didaSec=letteratura who wrote in Latin. Biography Giovanni Francesco Far ...

, after analysing the documents, placed the reign of one unnamed judge earlier than that of Marianus, and dated his to around 1050.''De rebus sardoiss'', book II, p. 237. A record of none of his acts has survived, and he is only important for standing at the head of Arborea's first dynasty, which took the name Lacon (or Laccon).

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*Pasquale Tola, ''Dizionario biografico degli uomini illustri di Sardegna''
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Manlio Brigaglia, ed. Nuoro: Ilisso, 2001 urin, 1838 {{DEFAULTSORT:Marianus 01 Of Arborea People from Sardinia Judges (judikes) of Arborea