Gregory III of Naples
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Gregory III (died March 870), eldest son of
Latin
.
During his tenure, his brothers played a significant role.
Count of Capua
.
In 859, Gregory received the Byzantine title of Michael the Archangel, whose cult was popular among the Lombards. It is therefore significant to Erchempert (a Lombard) that the Lombard Lando should defeat a largely Greek army on such a day.
Sergius, before dying, bade his son to follow the counsel of his brother the bishop, who was a familiaris of the
Byzantine emperor Basil I and began minting Byzantine coins with Basil's effigy again. Gregory fell seriously ill in January 870 and left the government to his son Sergius II, who was succeeded by his other son, Athanasius II
. He died in March.
Notes
- ^ There are two places called Sessa in Campania, namely Sessa Aurunca and Sessa Cilento. The former is considerably the larger of the two (15 times the population), has a history dating back to pre-Roman times. and is the seat of a bishopric; it seems the more likely place.
Sources
- The Latin Library.
- Caravale, Mario (ed). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: LXIII Labroca – Laterza. Rome, 2004.
- Caravale, Mario (ed). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: LIX Graziando – Grossi Gondi. Rome, 2002.
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