Tedald (c. 990 – 12 June 1036), also known as Theodald, Theodaldus, Tedaldus, Tedaldo, Teodaldus, Teodaltus, or Teodaldo, was the forty-third

Bishop of Arezzo The Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church. It has existed since 1986. In that year the historic diocese of Arezzo was combined with the diocese of Cortona and the diocese of Sansepolcro, the enlarged ...

from 1023 until his death. Tedald came from the highest ranks of the nobility of

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. He was the second son of Tedald, Count of

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, of the

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, and Willa, possible daughter of

Theobald II of Spoleto Theobald II (923/925 – July 957/961 or 964) was the Duke of Spoleto and Margrave of Camerino from 953. He was the son of Boniface II of Spoleto and Waldrada. In 959, Berengar and Guy of Ivrea led an expedition against Theobald. They defea ...

. His elder brother was

Boniface III of Tuscany Boniface III (also ''Boniface IV'' or ''Boniface of Canossa'') (c. 985 – 6 May 1052), son of Tedald of Canossa and the father of Matilda of Tuscany, was the most powerful north Italian prince of his age. By inheritance he was count (or lord) of ...

. He was the uncle of

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, who was born after his death. As bishop Tedald encouraged and protected the

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. He granted permission for

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to found a monastery and a hermitage (''eremo'') at

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in his diocese (c. 1024). Tedald also sponsored the work of the monk

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, whose treatise on

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, the ''

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'', was dedicated to him. At Tedald's invitation, Guido took up the training of the cathedral singers at Arezzo around 1025. The bishop also supported the architect

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, who added to the

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during his episcopate and was sent by Tedald in 1026 on a paid visit to

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to study its

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. He was succeeded in the diocese by Immo, a

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from

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and chaplain at the court of

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.Wolfram, 278

Notes

References

* Conant, Kenneth John (1978). ''Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture, 800 to 1200''. Penguin Books. * Grout, Donald Jay, and Palisca, Claude V. (2001). ''A History of Western Music'', 6th ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Co. . * Wolfram, Herwig (2006). ''Conrad II, 990–1039. Emperor of Three Kingdoms''. Pennsylvania State University Press. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tedald 990s births 1036 deaths House of Canossa Bishops of Arezzo 11th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops