A bishop's town on its eroding tufa ridge (the later Civita) above the Tiber valley, which made itself a free commune about 1160 after a revolt against counts who tried to make it a fief (it.wikipedia names them Monaldeschi, which is doubtful for that date).
It governs a small territory between Orvieto's contado and Viterbo's. Bonaventure, the future Franciscan minister general, is born here about 1217 (later).
Who holds it
- Name
- Consuls (names not pinned)
- Title
- The commune
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
The commune of Bagnoregio, a bishop's town of the Patrimony between Orvieto and Viterbo, under the pope's lordship.
Allies and rivals
Neighbour and later subject of Orvieto; neighbour of Viterbo and of the pope's Montefiascone.
How things stand that morning
Self-governing under the pope; squeezed between Orvieto and Viterbo; nothing dated for 1199-1200. The bishop is a Church map record.
Charter
Not found.
Council
Consuls (names not pinned).
Militia
Town levy (no figures).
Walls and castle
The ridge-town itself.
Trade and crafts
Farming of the Teverina valleys.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Only the commune's founding about 1160 is dated (it.wikipedia).
On the map: A small territory; its edges are not pinned.
Primary sources for Papal State
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Annals of Montecassino; Annals of Ceccano (Fossanova) (12th and early 13th centuries; Ceccano to 1217). Two sets of annals from either side of the papal and Sicilian frontier. Read online
- Chronicle of Richard of San Germano, Richard of San Germano (first version about 1216, enlarged to 1243). The fullest southern narrative of the Hohenstaufen kingdom, written by a notary on the border of the Terra di Lavoro. Read online
- Chronicle of Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines (about 1227 to 1241, at the Cistercian abbey of Trois-Fontaines in Champagne). The widest net of any Latin chronicle for 1200, compiled from dozens of sources, many now lost. Read online
- Chronicle of Andres, William of Andres (about 1220 to 1234). The chronicle and cartulary of a small abbey between Guines and Ardres, near the border of Flanders and Boulogne. Read online
- Chronicle of Burchard of Ursberg, Burchard of Ursberg (about 1229 to 1230, reworked by Conrad of Lichtenau). Written a generation later by a fierce partisan of the Staufen and a critic of Innocent III. Read online
- Chronicle of Robert of Auxerre, Robert of Auxerre (Robert of Saint-Marien) (about 1190 to 1211; continued at Saint-Marien to 1227). A universal chronicle whose last twenty years are contemporary and well informed from Burgundy and the Auxerrois. Read online
- Chronicle of Roger of Howden, Roger of Howden (about 1192 to 1201). The fullest single narrative for the year. Read online
- Chronicle of Sicard, bishop of Cremona, Sicard of Cremona (about 1210 to 1213). A universal chronicle whose last part is a well-placed eyewitness account by a Lombard bishop who served emperors and popes. Read online
12 more in the sources library for Southern Italy and the Islands.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.