Salimbene Di Adam

Salimbene Di Adam

▪ Italian historian

born Oct. 9, 1221, Parma [Italy]
died c. 1290

      Italian Franciscan friar and historian whose Cronica is an important source for the history of Italy and, to a lesser extent, France, in the 13th century.

      The son of Guido di Adam, a wealthy citizen of Parma, Salimbene entered the Franciscan order in 1238, serving his novitiate in the Monastery of Fano (on the Adriatic coast). Fra Salimbene subsequently led a wandering existence, never holding any office in his order. He transferred from one monastery to another, meeting many notable people and becoming an eyewitness to historic events. In the 1240s he resided at Lucca, Pisa, Cremona, Parma, Troyes, Paris, and Provence, among other places. He returned to Italy in 1248. After seven years in Ferrara, he resumed his travels, spending his time in Franciscan convents in northern Italy.

      Salimbene began to write his Cronica (“Chronicle”) in 1282, probably in Reggio Emilia, and continued to work on it until his death. Organized as annals (yearly records), the Cronica encompasses the years 1168–1288—from the founding of the city of Alessandria (south of Milan) by the Lombard League to within a few years of Salimbene's death. In his Cronica Salimbene describes his own travels, experiences, and meetings with famous people. He provides an earthy, vivid picture both of the ordinary life of his time and of contemporary Italian politics and spirituality. Another often-cited work by Salimbene is The Twelve Calamities of Emperor Frederick II (XII scelera Friderici imperatoris), probably written in 1248. Several other historical and religious works by him have been lost.

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