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  • Thumbnail for Cross of Lothair
    The Cross of Lothair or Lothair Cross (German: Lotharkreuz) is a crux gemmata (jewelled cross) processional cross dating from about 1000 AD, though its...
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    Monza (redirect from History of Monza)
    medieval treasures from the time of Queen Theodelinda, including the gilt silver "Hen with Chicks", the Cross of Agilulf, and the Iron Crown; there are...
    33 KB (4,133 words) - 01:12, 3 September 2024
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    Victory Cross (Asturian and Spanish: Cruz de la Victoria) is an early 10th-century Asturian jewelled cross (crux gemmata) gifted by King Alfonso III of Asturias...
    7 KB (790 words) - 09:00, 4 June 2024
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    The Cross of Cong (Irish: Cros Chonga, "the yellow baculum") is an early 12th-century Irish Christian ornamented cusped processional cross, which was,...
    19 KB (2,211 words) - 07:50, 11 August 2024
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    production of monumental buildings typical of these centuries is counterbalanced by numerous minor artefacts of great value, such as the Cross of Agilulf [it]...
    203 KB (19,352 words) - 17:56, 8 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cross of Theophanu
    The Cross of Theophanu (German: Theophanu-Kreuz) is one of four Ottonian processional crosses in the Essen Cathedral Treasury and is among the most significant...
    6 KB (884 words) - 15:38, 12 August 2022
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    of St. John (also known as the Duomo of Monza) and the Royal Palace of Monza, while some masterpieces in gold were created such as the Agilulf Cross,...
    58 KB (7,571 words) - 16:36, 6 September 2024
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    Theodelinda (category Queens consort of the Lombards)
    a queen of the Lombards by marriage to two consecutive Lombard rulers, Autari and then Agilulf, and regent of Lombardia during the minority of her son...
    11 KB (1,267 words) - 01:50, 8 June 2024
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    Theodelinda and King Agilulf. Over the porch is the statue of Saint John the Baptist (15th century). Over the portal is depicted the Baptism of Jesus, assisted...
    12 KB (1,428 words) - 18:13, 17 June 2024
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    successively control most of Europe, while strong feudal lords rise in power to gain the allegiance of the people. The Lombards under King Agilulf expand into Northern...
    4 KB (366 words) - 14:21, 26 June 2023
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    crown of Theodelinda and the one of Agilulf) as symbols of the Lombard kingdom. But in fact, the Lombard coinage tend to show that Lombards used crosses and...
    17 KB (1,479 words) - 04:10, 3 September 2024
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    by King Agilulf and Queen Theodelinda of the Lombards. He immediately began refuting the teachings of Arianism, which had enjoyed a degree of acceptance...
    44 KB (5,542 words) - 23:19, 5 August 2024
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    of Constantinople). Maurice makes peace with King Agilulf, conceding northern Italy. Pope Gregory I the Great negotiates a truce, ending 30 years of Lombard...
    5 KB (470 words) - 17:05, 21 June 2024
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    daughter of King Agilulf, beginning a war with the Exarchate of Ravenna (approximate date). Rædwald becomes king (bretwalda) of East Anglia (East of England)...
    4 KB (473 words) - 00:42, 30 May 2024
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    Muslim offensive. Whilst Frederick's seeming bloodless recovery of Jerusalem for the cross brought him great prestige in some European circles, his decision...
    94 KB (11,511 words) - 16:30, 8 September 2024
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    succeeded by Agilulf, the duke of Turin, who also married Theodelinda in the same year. Agilulf successfully fought the rebel dukes of northern Italy...
    84 KB (10,355 words) - 06:22, 27 August 2024
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    Bobbio Abbey (redirect from Abbey of Bobbio)
    Lombard invasion of Italy in 568. The Lombard king Agilulf married the devout Roman Catholic Theodelinda in 590, and under the influence of the Irish missionary...
    13 KB (1,645 words) - 02:29, 28 June 2024
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    December 1127. Conrad quickly crossed the Alps to be crowned King of Italy by Anselmo della Pusterla, Archbishop of Milan, in the village of Monza. Over the next...
    18 KB (1,919 words) - 06:46, 23 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Basilica of San Simpliciano
    mark of the Lombard King Agilulf shows that repairs were made between 590 and 615 AD. In the ninth century the Cluniac Benedictines took possession of the...
    6 KB (667 words) - 04:21, 29 October 2023
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    Constantinople's expense. Legitimizing his position as a warrior, Theodoric crossed the Danube with six thousand warriors, defeated the Sarmatians and killed...
    52 KB (6,504 words) - 18:35, 1 September 2024
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