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Aldoin (bishop of Cefalù)

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211:, and of having fathered two sons and two daughters. He denied being the father of one and did not respond to the other accusations. He was accused of having given church property to his relatives, including a certain Christian and Leo. To a mistress named Rose, who lived in Cefalù, he was said to have given tithes; to one in Palermo, grain, wine, meat and silk that belonged to the church. He was accused of providing an illegitimate son with a benefice and a daughter with one of the church's 204:. This had to be quashed and a new trial started in December 1223 under Bartholomew, the treasurer of Cosenza. Although Aldoin made an energetic defence, he strengthened his position by excommunicating witnesses and even the judge. He made "extravagant claims to damages" incurred during Frederick's absence in Germany in 1216–1220 and demanded compensation for the costs of his trips to Rome. 226:, and, second, because Honorius ruled that the archbishop lacked the authority to re-delegate his responsibility once his first delegate had been dismissed, thereby nullifying the proceedings. The pope voided the appointment of a coadjutor and entrusted any retrial to Archbishops Berard of Palermo and 253:. He was prevented from fulfilling this charge because of his second exile, although the first evidence of this is a list of seven exiled Sicilian bishops made by Honorius in April 1226. By 1227, however, Aldoin had been reconciled to Frederick and returned to Cefalù. 192:
Aldoin returned to Cefalù on 12 April 1223. By 23 June, he had been restored to power. His trial, contrary to the pope's instructions, had begun in the interim under the abbot of Santo Spirito, acting as delegate for the appointed judge, Archbishop
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of the royal chancery. Between 1208 and 1212, he was one of the most active notaries of the chancery, responsible for almost a quarter of its known production. He was a layman. He drew up his last charter for Queen
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On 26 September 1222, Aldoin went into the first of his three exiles. Honorius III at first sided with the bishop, granting a privilege to Aldoin in January 1223. In March, he met Frederick II at
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authority of the crown over the Sicilian church and, in consequence, Frederick had to acquiesce to a papal trial. He did, however, write to the pope to recommend the accusers.
169:. Aldoin ignored the summons and appealed to the pope. Frederick, believing the accusations, expelled Aldoin from his diocese and appointed two procurators to administer its 288:
referred to his having been exiled for fifteen years, putting the start of his exile in 1233. Aldoin was certainly outside of the kingdom by July 1234, when he was with the
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In November 1221, Aldoin was at Frederick's court in Palermo, but by December he was again resisting the royal government. In the autumn of 1222, he was accused by his own
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as bishop in May 1217 and the first document referring to him as bishop-elect is from 18 May. He was consecrated sometime between December 1217 and March 1218. In 1219,
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The pope protested Aldoin's exile, but the bishops remained in exile the rest of his life. In 1239, Frederick exiled Aldoin's relatives. Aldoin spent his exile in
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of impropriety. In general, he was charged with "squandering Church property". Frederick summoned both the accused and his accusers to appear before him in
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Aldoin was accused of misusing church property and failing to maintain his church. He was also accused of keeping mistresses, two in Cefalù and one in
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and agreed to an investigation of the charges against Aldoin after the bishop was restored. Frederick's mother, Queen Constance, had relinquished the
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from 1217 until his death. He is best known for his three exiles (1222–1223, 1226–1227, 1235–1248) and his trial for maladministration in 1223–1224.
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At some point before 1220, Aldoin took control of the castle of Cefalù, which guarded the harbour. He appointed his brother Roger to serve as
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sometime between October 1219 and June 1220. It is probably in connection with his visit to Frederick that he was recognized as a
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as a servant. Lead which had been procured to repair the windows of the cathedral he was said to have sold for cash.
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Aldoin spent the next few years in Cefalù. In July 1227, acting on behalf of the vacant
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No judgement was issued, first, because Aldoin accepted the appointment of a
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This is implied by his name as it appears in a list of bishops from 1329:
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in August. He was certainly exiled by April 1235, when Frederick, at a
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The start date of Aldoin's third exile is uncertain. In 1248, Cardinal
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In May 1225, Honorius charged Aldoin with excommunicating the monks of
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an exemption from the proscription of the bishop's relatives in 1239.
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of Cefalù. He also cooperated with Innocent in making
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Index

bishop of Cefalù
Cefalù
kingdom of Sicily
knightly
rhetoric
notary
Constance of Sicily
John of Cicala
Honorius III
papal judge delegate
Berard of Palermo
Carus of Monreale
church of Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio
abbot of Santo Spirito
church of San Cataldo
cathedral of Palermo
Frederick II
Germany
Viterbo
familiaris domini regis
Alamanno da Costa
Fifth Crusade
Genoa
castellan
cathedral chapter
Messina
temporalities
Ferentino
legatine
Luke of Cosenza

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