Oldrado da Tresseno
Palazzo della Ragione
, MilanOldrado da Tresseno (died 1233) was an Italian politician,
Palazzo della Ragione, a prominent historic building of Milan, which served as a broletto (government seat) in the Middle Ages. He is also remembered as a fierce prosecutor of the Cathar
heretics.
Details of Oldrado's life are largely missing. Although he is referred to in medieval texts as "a citizen of
Pietro da Verona and actively cooperated with the Inquisition in prosecuting heretics, especially the believers of the Church of Concorezzo, a very active Cathar group that was supported by the bishop of Concorezzo (a town North-East of Milan, near Monza) and by local feudatory Filippo Confalonieri.[1]
A
Latin
inscription that reads:
Anno Domini 1233. To the podestà of Milan, Oldrado di Tresseno. When you pass through the regal portico of the great palace, you will always remember the merits of podestà Oldrado, citizen of Lodi, defender and sword of the faith, who built the palace and burnt, as he had to, the Cathars.
Notes
- ^ Giovanni Battista Rampoldi, Corografia dell’Italia, Fontana, Milan 1833, vol.2, p. 484
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