Romuald I (died 1 April 1136) was the Archbishop of Salerno from 1121 until his death. He had been the cardinal-deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata

Santa Maria in Via Lata

Santa Maria in Via Lata is a church on the Via del Corso , in Rome, Italy.-History:It is claimed that St. Paul spent two years here, in the crypt under the church, whilst under house arrest waiting for his trial. This conflicts with the tradition regarding San Paolo alla Regola...

 from c. 1109, and in that capacity served Pope Paschal II

Pope Paschal II

Pope Paschal II , born Ranierius, was Pope from August 13, 1099, until his death. A monk of the Cluniac order, he was created cardinal priest of the Titulus S...

 as a diplomat. Together with Pietro Senex

Pietro Senex

Pietro Senex was Cardinal-Bishop of Porto from 1102 until his death.He was born probably in Rome. He appears for the first time as cardinal in March 1102, when he exercised the legatine duties in Benevento. From 1106 until 1109 he is attested as governor of Benevento...

, cardinal-bishop of Porto, he mediated between Landulf II, Archbishop of Benevento

Landulf II, Archbishop of Benevento

Landulf II was the Archbishop of Benevento from 8 November 1108 to his death. He succeeded Roffredo more than a year after the latter's death on 9 September 1107. The main source for his eventful reign is the contemporary chronicler and fellow Lombard and Benventan Falco.Landulf was a son of...

, and Landulf of Greca, the papal constable

Constable

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 of the Duchy of Benevento

Duchy of Benevento

The Duchy and later Principality of Benevento was the southernmost Lombard duchy in medieval Italy, centred on Benevento, a city central in the Mezzogiorno. Owing to the Ducatus Romanus of the popes, which cut it off from the rest of Lombard Italy, Benevento was from the first practically...

, in 1114. Romuald found the archbishop to blame for the conflict, and the pope deposed him from his see at the Council of Ceprano in October that year. An eyewitness account of the proceedings against Landulf is found in Falco of Benevento

Falco of Benevento

Falco of Benevento was an Italian twelfth-century historian, notary and scribe in the papal palace in Benevento, his native city, where he was born to high-standing parents.He is an important chronicler for the years between 1102 and 1139 in the Mezzogiorno...

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He was consecrated archbishop of Salerno on 15 September 1121 by Pope Callixtus II

Pope Callixtus II

Pope Calixtus II , born Guy de Vienne, the fourth son of William I, Count of Burgundy , was elected Pope on February 1, 1119, after the death of Pope Gelasius II . His pontificate was shaped by the Investiture Controversy, which he was able to settle through the Concordat of Worms...

; at the same time, he resigned his cardinalatial title. During the papal schism of 1130–38 he supported antipope Anacletus II

Antipope Anacletus II

Anacletus II , born Pietro Pierleoni, was an Antipope who ruled from 1130 to his death, in a schism against the contested, hasty election of Pope Innocent II....

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Sources

• "Landolfo II." Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, LXIII. Rome: 2004.
• Houben, Hubert. 2002. Roger II of Sicily: Ruler between East and West. Translated by Graham A. Loud and Diane Milburn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Hüls, Rudolf. 1977. Kardinäle, Klerus und Kirchen Roms: 1049–1130. Tübingen.