Chieti, the Roman Teate, stands on its long ridge above the Pescara, the see of a large diocese and the head of the old county of the Attoni and Trasmondi.
Under the Normans the city recovered and spread beyond its old walls. In 1195 Henry VI gave the church of Chieti land at Sambuceto and the tithe of the bridge and port of Pescara. Its count on 1 January 1200 is Roger of Chieti, the pope's man, as far as the evidence goes.
Who holds it
- Name
- Count Roger of Chieti (named in the pope's grant of Civitate, October 1199); the bishop's name not pinned
- Title
- Count of Chieti; bishop of Chieti
- Confidence
- medium
Lord in 1200
Count Roger of Chieti, the pope's man (his county's extent is not pinned); the bishop holds wide rights, including Henry VI's grant (1195) of land at Sambuceto and the tithe of the bridge and port of Pescara.
Overlord
The crown of Sicily.
How things stand that morning
Quiet; regency ground, with a pro-papal count.
Charter
Henry VI's privilege for the church of Chieti (1195), confirmed by Frederick II to Bishop Bartholomew in 1227 (later).
Council
Not recorded for 1200.
Communities
Latin townsmen; no foreign community recorded.
Fairs and markets
Not recorded for 1200.
Militia
Not recorded.
Walls and castle
A defined wall circuit enlarged since the Normans (it.wikipedia); the surviving Porta Pescara is later.
Trade and crafts
The Pescara crossing and port tithe, the coast trade to Ortona, oil and grain.
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- 1200No dated event of 1200 is known for this lordship.Depends on: nothing Stopped by: nothing
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The count's name from the papal register via Kamp; the church's privileges from it.wikipedia.
On the map: The tierra is the town's near land, shared out by distance; towns of the kingdom did not govern a contado as the communes of the Papal State did.
Primary sources for Sicily
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
- Annals of Genoa, by Caffaro and his continuators, with Ogerio Pane for 1197 to 1219, Ogerio Pane and the other official annalists of Genoa (year by year under the commune's authority; the 1197 to 1219 section by Ogerio Pane). The official record of the commune. 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 Otto of St Blasien, Otto of St Blasien (about 1209 to 1210). A Swabian continuation of Otto of Freising written from the Staufen side. 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
- The Deeds of Innocent III, Anonymous (a curial official, perhaps Peter of Benevento) (about 1208 to 1209). The curia's own account of the pontificate's first decade, with letters copied in. Read online
7 more in the sources library for Southern Italy and the Islands.
Sources and studies
- Chieti (it.wikipedia)
- N. Kamp, 'Celano, Pietro di', Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani 23 (1979), treccani.it
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.