Asclettin (Sicilian chancellor)

Asclettin or Aschettin (Latin: Asclettinus, Asclittinus, Aschetinus, Italianised as Asclettino, Asclittino, or Ascontino), Archdeacon of Catania (1145 1156)[1] and chancellor of Sicily (March or April 1155 before April 1156),[2] was an Italo-Norman officer serving William I of Sicily.

In 1156, he was imprisoned in Palermo for treason.

References

  1. The history of the tyrants of Sicily by "Hugo Falcandus," 1154-69, By Ugo Falcando, G. A. Loud, Thomas E. J. Wiedemann.
  2. The administration of the Norman kingdom of Sicily , By Hiroshi Takayama.

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