Vitelmo of Turin or William of Turin (also Guglielmo) (died 1092) was an Italian bishop. He was bishop of Turin from c. 1082 until his death in 1092.
Biography[edit]
Vitelmo may have been the son of Vitelmo-Bruno of the Baratonia, a powerful viscount in Turin.[1] Vitelmo was appointed bishop of Turin by Henry IV. According to the contemporary chronicler, William of Chiusa, Vitelmo paid a large sum of money in return for his office.[2]
Like many of his predecessors, Vitelmo made donations to the monastery of Santa Maria in Cavour, which had been founded by Bishop Landulf of Turin.[3]
Vitelmo also continued the conflict with Abbot Benedict II (r.c.1066-1091) of the monastery of San Michele della Chiusa, which had begun under Bishop Cunibert of Turin.[4]
References[edit]
- William of Chiusa, Vita Benedicti abbatis Clusensis, ed. L. Bethmann, MGH SS 12 (Hannover, 1856).
- F. Savio, Gli antichi vescovi d’Italia. Il Piemonte (Turin, 1899), pp. 335–339.
- A. Tarpino, ‘Tradizione pubblica e radicamento signorile nello sviluppo signorile dei Visconti di Baratonia (secoli XI-XIII),’ Bollettino storico-bibliografico subalpino 79 (1981), 5-65.
- C.W. Previté-Orton, The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000-1233) (Cambridge, 1912).
Notes[edit]
- ^ Savio, Vescovi, p. 351; Previté-Orton, Early History, p. 247; Tarpino, ‘Visconti,’ p. 14.
- ^ William of Chiusa, Vita Benedicti, ch. 13, p. 205.
- ^ F. Gabotto, et al, eds., Carte varie a supplemento e complemento dei volumi II, III, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XXII, XXXVI, XLIV, LXV, LXVII, LXVIII della Biblioteca della Società storica subalpina (Pinerolo, 1916), no. 12 (15 May 1089); Savio, Vescovi, p. 351.
- ^ William of Chiusa, Vita Benedicti, ch. 13, p. 205.