Aistulf promises restitution while confined in Pavia
The annals report that King Aistulf, confined in Pavia, promised to carry out restitution owed to Saint Peter.
What this does and does not establish
Pinned Wikisource raw revision 264822. Papia explicitly identifies the occurrence place. This is a promise during confinement, not a report that Pavia was captured. The nearby Carloman death notice was excluded because its placement does not securely establish its absolute year.
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- Region
- Europe
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- DCCLV (755); month unspecified
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
Read arf.wikitext, lines 35–47. DCCLV numbers the first Italian expedition 755. The promise precedes Pippin's return within that campaign; line 43 explicitly introduces the renewed expedition under DCCLVI (756). No Christmas or winter conversion was used. Original quotation begins at line 39, character 4448.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Annales regni Francorum
Frankish court annalists
Quoted text (Latin)
Incluso vero Haistulfo rege in Papia civitate, iustitiam sancti Petri pollicitus est faciendiAI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
With King Aistulf confined in the city of Pavia, he promised to carry out the restitution owed to Saint Peter.
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Exact source version
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