- Seniorectus
Seniorectus (died February 1137) was the Abbot of
Montecassino in the early twelfth century.Seniorectus was opposed to the policy of
Roger II of Sicily , who intended in the late summer of 1136 to establish a garrison in Montecassino under the chamberlain Joscelin and chancellorGuarin , as defence against the invading armies of theEmperor Lothair II andHenry X of Bavaria . On5 January 1137 , Guarin demanded their assistance and when refused besieged the monastery in an attempt to seize its treasure and its walls. The abbot contracted an illness during the siege and died a few months later. [He was not forced to resign, as suggested by Howe.] While Parlamocchi places the rebellion of Seniorectus and the attempted garrisoning of Montecassino in 1134, this hypothesis is refuted by the presence of Joscelin in the chronicle ofPeter the Deacon : Joscelin being appointed chamberlain only in October 1135.Notes
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*Howe, John. "Church Reform and Social Change in Eleventh-Century Italy: Dominic of Sora and his Patrons". Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1997. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8266%28191501%2930%3A117%3C107%3ALDMELC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9 Review]
*Parlamocchi, Roberto. "L'Abbazia di Montecassino e Conquista Normanna". Rome: Loescher, 1913. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8266%28199904%29114%3A456%3C404%3ACRASCI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B Review]
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