Ansfrid was the third abbot of Nonantola. He greatly enriched his abbey, providing it with a chalice

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 and Gospel Book

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Ansfrid succeeded Peter between 821 and 825. Later abbatial records, from 1037–45, date his consecration

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 to 821, but documents from 824 name Peter as abbot. Ansfrid first appears as abbot unequivocally in 825.

In September 828 Louis the Pious

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 received ambassadors from the Byzantine Empire

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. Responsively he sent Ansfrid and Halitgar

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, Bishop of Cambrai, to Constantinople

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 as ambassadors with legatine authority.

Ansfrid is not mentioned after 837 and he was succeeded by Ratpert.

Sources

• Ghisalberti, Alberto M., ed. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: III Ammirato – Arcoleo. Rome, 1961.