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 Gallura were the local rulers of the northeast of Sardinia during the Middle Ages. Theirs was the closest kingdom to Corsica.
* Manfred (c. 1020 – c. 1040)
* Baldo (c. 1040 – ...
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 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
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Alternatively, it has been identified as Gaulish ''dago'' "good" ''berxto'' "bright".
Animals
* Roi Dagobert (born 1964), ...
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and papal legate to the island, convoked a provincial synod at Porto Torres and declared Torthictorio excommunicate. The purpose of the anathema may have been less the result of the judge's vices, but more of his political support for the Emperor Henry IV and the Antipope Guibert. Evidence for this is suggested by the anathema pronounced on the entire province. Torchitorio's retainers reportedly denied him the kiss of peace and the brotherly salute.
[Manno, 244.]
He was dead by 1113, when his widow, Paulesa (Padulesa) de Gunale, made a donation to S. Maria di Pisa. The evidence after his death is that
Ittocorre of Gallura, Ittocorre de Gunale usurped the throne from his son
Saltaro. The
Gunale and
Thori families were ancient enemies only kept at peace during the marriage of Torchitorio and Padulesa. He probably also left a daughter who married
Constantine Spanu.
Notes
Sources
**Manno, Giuseppe (1835).
Storia di Sardegna'. P.M. Visaj.
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1100s deaths
Judges (judikes) of Gallura
People excommunicated by the Catholic Church
Year of birth unknown