Aripert I (also spelled Aribert) was king of the Lombards (653-661) in Italy. He was the son of Gundoald, duke of Asti, who had crossed the Alps from Bavaria with his sister Theodelinda. As a relative of the Bavarian ducal house, his was called the Bavarian Dynasty. He was the first Roman Catholic king of the Lombards, elected after the assassination of the Arian Rodoald. Not a warrior, he is mostly renowned for his church foundings. He spread Catholicism over the whole Lombard realm and built the Church of the Saviour in Pavia, the capital. He left the kingdom in a state of peace, asking the nobles to elect jointly his two sons, Berthari and Godepert. They did. The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, from which the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from northern Europe that entered the late Roman Empire. ... Events Pope Martin I arrested Sigeberht II the Good succeeds Sigeberht I the Little as king of Essex Aripert, nephew of Theodelinda, succeeds Rodoald as king of the Lombards Births Deaths Chindaswinth, king of the Visigoths Rodoald, king of the Lombards Abbas, uncle of Muhammad and his chief financial supporter. ... Events Caliph Ali Ben Abu Talib is assassinated. ... Asti is a town and comune in the Piemonte or Piedmont region, in north-western Italy, 44°54′N 8°12′E, about 80 kilometres west of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro river at 123 m (404 ft) above sea-level. ... The West face of the Petit Dru above the Chamonix valley near the Mer de Glace. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Theodelinda, Queen of the Lombards, (died 628) was the daughter of Duke Garibald I of Bavaria. ... The Bavarian Dynasty is the name given to those kings of the Lombards who were descended from Garibald I, duke of Bavaria. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Arian may refer to one of the following. ... Rodoald was a Lombard king of Italy, who succeeded his father Rothari to the throne in 652. ... Church San Michele in Pavia The Old Bridge (Ponte Vecchio) on the Ticino river is a symbol of Pavia Pavìa (the ancient Ticinum) (population 71,000) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 km south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its... Perctarit (also Berthari) was king of the Lombards from 661 to 662 the first time and later from 671 to 688. ... Godepert was king of the Lombards (661), son and successor of Aripert I. He was an Arian who governed from Milan while his brother, Perctarit, a Roman Catholic, governed from the ancient capital, Pavia. ...