Aribert (archbishop of Milan)

Statue of Aribert, Intimiano, Lombardy, Italy

Aribert (or Heribert) (Italian: Ariberto da Intimiano, Lombard: Aribert de Intimian) (Intimiano, between 970 and 980 – Milan, 16 January 1045) was the archbishop of Milan from 1018,[1] a quarrelsome warrior-bishop in an age in which such figures were not uncommon.[2]

  1. ^ Ott, Michael (1910). "Heribert" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  2. ^ Aribert's career is set in context by H.E.J. Cowdray, "Archbishop Aribert II of Milan," History 51 (1966:1-15), and the social and religious conflicts of the archiepiscopacy are examined in a chapter devoted to them of Cinzio Violante, La società milanese nell'età precomunale (Bari) 1953.