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Anselperga (fl. 772), was an
Italian abbess. She was the
eldest daughter of Desiderius, King of the Lombards, and Ansa. She was the
second Abbess of San...
- He
married Ansa (or Ansia) and, as well as a son, had five daughters:
Anselperga (or Anselberga),
abbess of San
Salvatore monastery of
Brescia Adelperga...
- Salvatore) in 753,
where they
would eventually appoint their eldest daughter Anselperga to
abbess which was
likely a
political move to gain more
support and power...
-
archaeological finds.
During the
period of
Longobard domination,
Princess Anselperga,
daughter of King Desiderius,
headed the monastery. It
consists of: Basilica...
- the Lombards, and his wife Ansa, as a
female monastery, his
daughter Anselperga becoming the
first abbess.
After the
Lombard defeat by Charlemagne, San...
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creating a
network of
monasteries ruled by
Lombard aristocrats (his
daughter Anselperga was
named abbess of San
Salvatore in Brescia),
dealing with Pope Stephen...
