Comita II (died 1147) was the giudice of the Giudicato of Arborea, from 1131 until his death. He was the son of Gonario, first ruler of Arborea of the Lacon dynasty. Married Elena de Orrubu, mother of Barison II of Arborea. The dating and chronology of his reign are obscure.

Comita succeeded his elder brother Constantine I

Constantine I of Arborea

Constantine I was the giudice of Arborea. He was the son of Gonario II and Elena de Orrubu. The dates of his reign are unknown, but he was probably in power at the turn of the 12th century. It was probably dominated by wars between Genoa and Pisa which lasted from 1118 to 1133.Constantine...

, who died heirless. The date of this succession is assumed to be 1131, when he first appears in a communication with the Republic of Genoa

Republic of Genoa

The Most Serene Republic of Genoa |Ligurian]]: Repúbrica de Zêna) was an independent state from 1005 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast, as well as Corsica from 1347 to 1768, and numerous other territories throughout the Mediterranean....

. In 1130, Constantine, Gonario II of Torres

Gonario II of Torres

Gonario II was the giudice of Logudoro from the death of his father to his own abdication in 1154. He was a son of Constantine I and Marcusa de Gunale. He was born between 1113 and 1114 according to later sources and the Camaldolese church of S...

, and Comita I of Gallura had sworn fealty to the archbishop of Pisa. In 1133, Pope Innocent II

Pope Innocent II

Pope Innocent II , born Gregorio Papareschi, was pope from 1130 to 1143, and was probably one of the clergy in personal attendance on the antipope Clement III .-Early years:...

 raised Genoa to archiepiscopal status and divided the island of Sardinia

Sardinia

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 between the two sees, giving the north to Genoa and the south to Pisa. In the subsequent wars of that decade, Comita was the sole ally of the Genoese.

From 1133 to 1145, there is a gap in the testimony referring to Comita and it is possible that his brother Torbeno successfully usurped his throne during a war with the Giudicato of Logudoro. In 1145, Comita was back in power and was excommunicated by Baldwin, Archbishop of Pisa

Baldwin, Archbishop of Pisa

Baldwin was a Cistercian monk and later Archbishop of Pisa, a correspondent of Bernard of Clairvaux, and a reformer of the Republic of Pisa...

. The Pisan prelate, travelling the island as a papal legate

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, had excommunicated the judge for oppressing the people and warring against Pisa. Bernard of Clairvaux

Bernard of Clairvaux

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 even weighed into island politics and sent a letter to Pope Eugene III

Pope Eugene III

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 to justify Baldwin's actions. Nominally Arborea was transferred to Logudoro. Comita died soon after.

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