Sicard (d.839) was the prince of Benevento from 832. He was the last prince of a united Benevento which covered most of the Mezzogiorno. On his death, the principality descended into civil war which split it permanently (except for very briefly under Pandulf Ironhead from 977-981). He was the son and successor of the Spoletan Sico. Events Louis the Pious attempts to divide his empire among his sons. ... Events Theophilus forbids the usage of icons, establishing strict punishments. ... The Mezzogiorno or Southern Italy is the area of Italy south of Rome. ... Pandulf I (also Pandolf I or Pandulph I), called Ironhead or Pandolfo Testa di Ferro in Italian, was the duke (or prince) of Benevento and Capua from 943 to 981. ... Events Births Deaths Hunain ibn Ishaq, Egyptian physician Categories: 977 ... Events Births Princess Theodora, later Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire. ... Spoleto (Latin: Spoletium), 42°44′ N 12°44′ E, an ancient town in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria, at 385 meters (1391 ft) above sea-level on a foothill of the Apennines. ...

He warred against the Saracens and his neighbours continually, especially Sorrento, Naples, and Amalfi. He was the strongest military and economic power in the region. By the Pactum Sicardi of 836, he signed a five year armistice with the three aforementioned cities and recognised the right of travel of their merchants. Nonetheless, war continued. In a war of 837 with Duke Andrew II of Naples, the latter called in the first Saracens as allies and a trend began, drawing more and more Moslems into Christian wars on the peninsula. He also captured Amalfi in 838 by sea. For the rugby club Saracens see Saracens (rugby club) The term Saracen comes from Greek sarakenoi. ... Sorrento is the name of many cities and towns: Sorrento,_Italy Sorrento,_Florida, United States of America Sorrento, suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Sorrento, suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia Sorrento, Hong Kong, the largest residential development on Kowloon Station This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists... Naples panorama Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Napule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region and the Province of Naples. ... The Amalfi coast. ... Events Abbasid caliph al-Mutasim establishes new capital at Samarra, Iraq. ... Events Pietro Tradonico elected Doge of Venice. ... Events At Hingston Down, Egbert of Wessex beats the Danish and the West Welsh. ...

Despite his warmaking, he was also a builder. He built a new church in Benevento and to equip it with relics, rescued those of Saint Bartholomew, then in the Lipari Islands, from the Saracens by hiring some Amalfitan merchants to retrieve them. In his capture of Amalfi, he took the relics of Saint Trofimena, recently brought there from Minori[1]. Michelangelos The Last Judgement shows Saint Bartholomew holding the knife of his martyrdom and his flayed skin. ... The Aeolian Islands (Italian Isole Eolie) lie to the north of Sicily and are in the summer a main tourist resort, attracting up to 200,000 visitors. ... Minori (sic), also みのり, is a Japanese visual novel company, which created the games BITTERSWEET FOOLS, Wind -a breath of heart-, Haru no Ashioto, and ANGEL TYPE. They are currently working on the game ef - a fairy tale of the two. ...

Sicard was assassinated in 839 and the treasurer Radelchis immediately proclaimed himself prince. But Sicard's brother, Siconulf, broken out of prison, was proclaimed in Salerno and a ten year civil war broke out. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Sources

• Gwatkin, H.M., Whitney, J.P. (ed) et al. The Cambridge Medieval History: Volume III. Cambridge University Press, 1926.
• The Art of Mercantantia: Medieval Commerce and Culture in Southwestern Italy
• Lexikon des Mittelalters VII.1833