Maio of Bari

The Maio of Bari (* unknown in Bari, † November 10, 1160 in Palermo) was Škriniar, Vice Chancellor and Registrar under Roger II of Sicily. Under William I, he rose to become ammiratus ammiratorum.

Life

Maio came from an upper class family, probably with ties to the Greek population of the city. His father Leo de Reiza († September 8 before 1155 ) and his mother Kuraza, also Kyurizza († July 26, 1158 ) have been recorded in the necrology of the monastery of Santissima Trinità of Venosa, but at a stage at which Maio long since died had. Leo was a judge and then Protoiudex of Bari. That he was oilman, goes back to Hugo Falcandus, but is recognized as a deliberate misinformation for over 100 years. Maio was a nephew in-law of Adelasia, Count of Policastro, Simon Senescalcus, who was from 1155 to his death in 1161 magister Capitaneus of Puglia. As ammiratus ammiratorum he was the successor of George of Antioch, after his death in 1151, Roger II had appointed no successor, while William I a few months after his accession to decided to put Maio at the head of his administration. In the immediate vicinity, which was founded by his predecessor church of Santa Maria Maio dell'Ammiraglio San Cataldo donated Control of the Norman king law firm practicing Maio further distinguished by his closest collaborators, the notary and later Vice Chancellor Matheus of Salerno.

Where he obtained his literary education is unknown. He was both a patron of the booster circuit at the Norman court, on the other hand, even working as a writer: his commentary on the Lord's Prayer ( Expositio orationis Dominicae ) is dedicated to his son Stephen, who also held the post of ammiratus. The canons of Capua and later Cardinal laborans dedicated his work De justitia e iusto.

In 1156 he was head of the Norman negotiating committee, which included next to him only spiritual dignitaries, including Romuald of Salerno, which negotiated the Treaty of Benevento, whose Sicilian original copy of Matheus was written by Salerno. Maio was hated by the cities, nobles and even with large sections of the people, because he tried to centralize the administration and so overthrew the cities and nobles. However, the Kingdom of Sicily would not have survived these hard times without his political calculus, through its contracts and their intra or extra- political action, he secured William I 's reign.

Houses from the possession Maios were sold after his assassination of King William I to the Count of Marsico New Year's Eve.