Torchitorio de Zori (also spelled ''Torcotor(e)(io)'' or ''(T)(D)orgodorio'', and also ''de Thori''; died before 1113) is the earliest
Judge of Gallura
The kings or ''judges'' (''iudices'' or ''judikes'') of Kingdom of Gallura, Gallura were the local rulers of the northeast of Sardinia during the Middle Ages. Theirs was the closest kingdom to Corsica.
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known with certainty and attested by contemporary sources. He lived in the late 11th century at a time when
Sardinia
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was entering the wider Western European scene for the first time in centuries. Like his contemporary judges, he patronised
Western monasticism
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.
Works
His most enduring work was the building of a new church in
Civita (modern Olbia), where he made his capital, in honour of
Saint Simplicius, a sixth-century bishop and martyr of the city. Torchitorio also invited monks from
Saint-Victor at
Marseilles
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to come to Gallura in 1089, in imitation of his contemporary
Torchitorio I of Cagliari
Orzocorre Torchitorio I (also spelled ''Orzocco'' and ''Torgodorio''; died circa 1089) was the Judge of Cagliari (''rex Sardiniae de loco Call.'') from about 1058 to his death. At his time, the throne was customarily alternated between the Torchi ...
. He granted the new monks four churches and they in turn opened up new lines of intellectual and economic interchange with
Provence
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.
Sometime after 1092, however, Torchitorio fell out with the church.
Dagobert
Dagobert or Taginbert is a Germanic male given name, possibly from Old Frankish ''Dag'' "day" and ''beraht'' "bright".
Alternatively, it has been identified as Gaulish ''dago'' "good" ''berxto'' "bright".
Animals
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and
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and papal legate to the island, convoked a provincial synod at Porto Torres">papal legate">717, Pisan">708, Pisan); on 30–31 July 1716 [1717, Pisan and on 31 J ...