- Alexander of Telese
Alexander of Telese ( _it. Alessandro Telesino) was the
abbot of San Salvatore, nearTelese , insouthern Italy from before 1127 to before November 1143. He was a chronicler and historian whose most famous work is "The Deeds Done by King Roger of Sicily", a largely biographical work coverring the reign ofRoger II of Sicily . This work was written at the request and with the patronage of Matilda, a half-sister of Roger and wife ofRanulf II, Count of Alife . It covers only the years after 1127 in detail, ending abruptly in 1136. Though written for the sister of Roger and wife of his chiefest enemy, it was definitely a piece of royalist propaganda. It couples well with the chronicle of his contemporaryFalco of Benevento , who opposed Roger in everything.ources
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