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Gonario II of Torres
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Gonario II (also spelled Gonnario or Gunnari; died between 1180 and 1190) was the giudice of Logudoro[1] (a kingdom in Sardinia) from the death of his father to his own abdication in 1154. He was a son of Constantine II and Marcusa de Gunale. He was born between 1113 and 1114 according to later sources and the Camaldolese church of S. Trinità di Saccargia was founded in his name by his parents on 16 December 1112, though it wasn't consecrated until 5 October 1116.
Constantine died between 1127 and 1128, leaving his son under the regency of Ittocorre Gambella. When the Athen family tried to harm the young ruler, Ittocorre whisked him away to Porto Torres and the protection of the Pisans, who took him to Pisa and the house of Ugo da Parlascio Ebriaco. When he turned seventeen, he married Ebriaco's daughter[2] and returned to Sardinia, with Pisan permission and four armed galleys. His father-in-law was part of this expedition Barison II succeeded him. In 1146, this Barison hosted the consecration ceremony of Santa Maria di Bonarcado with most of the Arborean clergy and Villano, Archbishop of Pisa. Gonario and Constantine II of Cagliari also attended this ceremony, the only instance of three out of the four giudici appearing in the same place.
On 24 June 1147, Gonario was in his twentieth year of rule as Gonnarius . . . Turritanorum Rex et Dominus.[3] This statement indicates that Gonario's rule was considered to begin with his father's death and was uninterrupted by exile and regency. In that year, Gonario left on the Second Crusade as a pilgrim to Jerusalem. He left his four sons, Barison, Peter, Ittocorre, and Comita as regents during his absence. He met Saint Bernard, who had only heard a good reputation earlier, on his return journey (1149). The two founded the Cistercian abbey of Cabuabbas di Sindia. Gonario probably extended this journey, making a pilgrimage to Saint Martin of Tours as well.[4] Not long after this, Gonario, perhaps moved by his meeting with Bernard, entered the monastery of Clairvaux.
- ^ From locum de Torres, so called from its principal city Porto Torres.
- ^ Her name, Maria, is only known from a charter confirming the donation of the church of S. Michele in Therricellu to Montecassino on 20 May 1136. His predecessor, Barison I, had established the close relationship between the church of Logudoro and the monastery of Montecassino.
- ^ "Gonario, of Torres King and Lord." Moore, 82 n7.
- ^ This second pilgrimage is known, but it only fits the other knowns if it is posited as an extension of his return from Jerusalem.
- Moore, John C. "Pope Innocent III, Sardinia, and the Papal State." Speculum, Vol. 62, No. 1. (Jan., 1987), pp 81-101.
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- Besta, E. and Somi, A. I condaghi di San Nicolas di Trullas e di Santa Maria di Bonarcado. Milan, 1937.
- Libellus iudicum Turritanorum.
| Preceded by Constantine I |
Giudice of Logudoro 1127 – 1154 |
Succeeded by Barison II |