The son of Gundoaldo , the popular Duke of Asti and brother of Queen Teodolinda, who had crossed the Alps from Bavaria.
In 653 after the assassination of his predecessor, Arian Rodoald, King of the Lombards who had only reigned from 652 for five months and seven days Ariperto was elected by the Lombard Dukes to take Rodoald's place.
Ariperto was King of the Lombards from 653 to 661. He was the first Chalcedonian Christian king of the Lombards, and not a warrior, he is mostly renowned for his church foundings. He spread Catholicism over the whole Lombard realm and built the Church of St. Salvadore in Pavia, the ancient capital. He left the kingdom in a state of peace, asking the nobles to elect jointly his two sons, Perctarit and Godepert, which they did.
In 653 after the assassination of his predecessor, Arian Rodoald, King of the Lombards who had only reigned from 652 for five months and seven days Ariperto was elected by the Lombard Dukes to take Rodoald's place.
Ariperto was King of the Lombards from 653 to 661. He was the first Chalcedonian Christian king of the Lombards, and not a warrior, he is mostly renowned for his church foundings. He spread Catholicism over the whole Lombard realm and built the Church of St. Salvadore in Pavia, the ancient capital. He left the kingdom in a state of peace, asking the nobles to elect jointly his two sons, Perctarit and Godepert, which they did.
The son of Gundoaldo , the popular Duke of Asti and brother of Queen Teodolinda, who had crossed the Alps from Bavaria.
In 653 after the assassination of his predecessor, Arian Rodoald, King of the Lombards who had only reigned from 652 for five months and seven days Ariperto was elected by the Lombard Dukes to take Rodoald's place.
Ariperto was King of the Lombards from 653 to 661. He was the first Chalcedonian Christian king of the Lombards, and not a warrior, he is mostly renowned for his church foundings. He spread Catholicism over the whole Lombard realm and built the Church of St. Salvadore in Pavia, the ancient capital. He left the kingdom in a state of peace, asking the nobles to elect jointly his two sons, Perctarit and Godepert, which they did.
In 653 after the assassination of his predecessor, Arian Rodoald, King of the Lombards who had only reigned from 652 for five months and seven days Ariperto was elected by the Lombard Dukes to take Rodoald's place.
Ariperto was King of the Lombards from 653 to 661. He was the first Chalcedonian Christian king of the Lombards, and not a warrior, he is mostly renowned for his church foundings. He spread Catholicism over the whole Lombard realm and built the Church of St. Salvadore in Pavia, the ancient capital. He left the kingdom in a state of peace, asking the nobles to elect jointly his two sons, Perctarit and Godepert, which they did.
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