Faroald II (Spoleto)
Faroald II. (Also Faruald, Farwald ); († 728 ) was from 703/705 to 719/720 dux of the Lombard Duchy of Spoleto .
Life
Faroald II was the son of the dux Transamund I of Spoleto. His mother was probably his wife, a daughter of King Grimoald .
In 703 or 705 Faroald II succeeded his deceased father as dux . Around 716 Faroald conquered the Byzantine naval port Classis without authorization , but had to evacuate it again at King Liutprand's orders . His son Transamund II revolted against him in 719/720, seized the ducat and banished Faroald to a monastery (literally: ... eumque clericum faciens .; "... and made him a clergyman").
Faroald's further fate is not known for certain. He is said to have withdrawn as a monk in the Benedictine abbey Abbazia di San Pietro in Valle north of Ferentillo , which he founded and sponsored , and died there in 728. Another legend reports that he rebuilt the Abbazia di Farfa for St. Thomas von Maurienne and entered the monastery as a monk as early as 720 after a vision of Mary . He is said to have died in this monastery on February 19, 728. He is venerated as a blessed on March 23rd .
swell
- Paulus Diaconus , Historia Langobardorum , ed. Ludwig Bethmann and Georg Waitz , in: Monumenta Germaniae Historica , Scriptores rerum Langobardicarum et Italicarum saec. VI – IX , Hahn, Hanover 1878
literature
- Wilfried Menghin : The Lombards . Theiss-Verlag, Stuttgart 1985.
- Jörg Jarnut : History of the Longobards , Stuttgart 1982. ISBN 3-17-007515-2 . ( Storia dei Longobardi , Torino 1995).
Web links
- Paulus Diaconus: History of the Langobards (English)
- Ludo Moritz Hartmann : History of Italy in the Middle Ages Vol. 2.2 . Gotha 1903, p. 88ff (partly overhauled)
- Thomas Hodgkin, Italy and her Invaders Vol VI, p. 337ff (partially outdated)
- Dukes and Marchesi of Spoleto (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jarnut, Lexicon of the Middle Ages: Volume IV Column 300
- ↑ a b Historia Langobardorum VI, 30
- ↑ Historia Langobardorum VI, 44
- ^ Stadler, Complete Lexicon of Saints , Volume 2. Augsburg 1861, p. 333. and also Marco Polo Online Travel Guide Umbria
- ↑ Stadler, Complete Lexicon of Saints , Volume 2. Augsburg 1861, p. 161.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
|
Transamund I. with his brother Wachilapus |
Duke of Spoleto 703 / 705-719 / 720 |
Transamund II. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Faroald II. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Faruald, Farwald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke, dux of Spoleto |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 728 |