Theodicius was the
Duke of Spoleto
The Duke of Spoleto was the ruler of Spoleto and most of central Italy outside the Papal States during the Early and High Middle Ages (c. 500 – 1300). The first dukes were appointed by the Lombard king, but they were independent in practice. Th ...
from 763 to 773.
Though it is often stated that he died at the
Siege of Pavia (774), he was still alive on 9 June 776, when
Charlemagne
Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first Holy ...
confirmed the properties of the
monastery 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 ...
and Abbot
Ingoald Ingoald (died 830) was the Abbot of Farfa from 815, succeeding Benedict. At the beginning of his abbacy he vigorously protested the policies of Pope Leo III (795–816), which had resulted in the abbey's loss of property. Ingoald complained about n ...
in the reign of his successor
Hildeprand.
References
Sources
*
Hodgkin, Thomas. ''Italy and her Invaders''. Clarendon Press: 1895.
*Costambeys, Marios. ''Power and Patronage in the Early Medieval Italy: Local Society, Italian Politics, and the Abbey of Farfa, ''c''.700–900''. Cambridge University Press: 2007.
External links
Medieval Lands Project: Northern Italy — Spoleto.
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8th-century dukes of Spoleto
8th-century births
8th-century deaths
Year of birth unknown
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