Anselperga
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Anselperga was the eldest daughter of Desiderius
, King of the Lombards, and Ansa
. She was the second Abbess of San Salvatore e Santa Giulia, which her parents had formed in Brescia
from the union of San Michele e San Pietro with San Salvatore e Santa Maria.
Anselperga was richly endowed with land. She received donations from her father, mother, brother Adelchis, and her maternal relatives. During her tenure San Salvatore was removed by her father from the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Aquileia
and given to the Archbishop of Milan. Nevertheless, on 13 October 772, Anselperga received a privilege from Patriarch Sigwald. The date of Anselperga's death is unrecorded, but she was replaced by Radoara as early as 781.
Desiderius
Desiderius was the last king of the Lombard Kingdom of northern Italy...
, King of the Lombards, and Ansa
Ansa (queen)
Ansa or Ansia was the wife of Desiderius, King of the Lombards. She was probably a Lombard, the daughter of Verissimo and sister of King Hildeprand, Arechis, and Donnolo, and niece of King Liutprand....
. She was the second Abbess of San Salvatore e Santa Giulia, which her parents had formed in Brescia
Brescia
Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...
from the union of San Michele e San Pietro with San Salvatore e Santa Maria.
Anselperga was richly endowed with land. She received donations from her father, mother, brother Adelchis, and her maternal relatives. During her tenure San Salvatore was removed by her father from the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Aquileia
Patriarch of Aquileia
The Patriarch of Aquileia was an office in the Roman Catholic Church. During the Middle Ages the Patriarchate of Aquileia was a temporal state in Northern Italy. The Patriarchate of Aquileia as a church office was suppressed in 1752....
and given to the Archbishop of Milan. Nevertheless, on 13 October 772, Anselperga received a privilege from Patriarch Sigwald. The date of Anselperga's death is unrecorded, but she was replaced by Radoara as early as 781.
Sources
- Ghisalberti, A. M., ed. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: III Ammirato – Arcoleo. Rome, 1961.
- Murray, A. C., and Goffart, W. A., edd. After Rome's Fall: Narrators and Sources of Early Medieval History. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.