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Nordepert (or Nodepert) was briefly the
Abbot of Farfa Farfa Abbey ( it, Abbazia di Farfa) is a territorial abbey in northern Lazio, central Italy. In the Middle Ages it was one of the richest and most famous abbeys in Italy. It belongs to the Benedictine Order and is located about from Rome, in t ...
in 888. He succeeded
Teuto Teuto ( it, Teutone) was the Abbot of Farfa from about 883 until about 888. His abbacy is the first of a string of very unclear ones that cover the years down to 919 at Farfa. He is known to have succeeded Anselm and been succeeded by Nordepert ...
and was succeeded by
Spento Spento ( it, Spentone) was the Abbot of Farfa following the very brief abbacy of Nordepert Nordepert (or Nodepert) was briefly the Abbot of Farfa in 888. He succeeded Teuto and was succeeded by Spento, but the exact dates of these abbacies were unk ...
, but the exact dates of these abbacies were unknown as early as the eleventh century, when
Gregory of Catino Gregory of Catino (1060 – aft. 1130) was a monk of the Abbey of Farfa and "one of the most accomplished monastic historians of his age."Marios Costambeys, ''Power and Patronage in the Early Medieval Italy: Local Society, Italian Politics, and th ...
compiled the abbey's history. Nordepert appears to have been elected in the same year as he died.Marino Marini
''Serie cronologica degli abati del monastero di Farfa: Dissertazione epistolare''
(Rome: 1836), 13. He attributes the spelling "Nordeperto" to
Jean Mabillon Dom Jean Mabillon, O.S.B., (; 23 November 1632 – 27 December 1707) was a French Benedictine monk and scholar of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He is considered the founder of the disciplines of palaeography and diplomatics. Early life Mabil ...
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{{reflist Abbots of Farfa 888 deaths Year of birth unknown