Atanasio, Bishop of Naples

Abt 855 - 898  (~ 43 years)

• Name	Atanasio
  Suffix	Bishop of Naples
  Birth	Abt 855  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	898  [1]
  Person ID	I10272	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL, Ancestor of WPF
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Gregorio III,   b. Abt 830   d. 870 (Age ~ 40 years)
  Family ID	F5835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Gemma di Napoli   d. 971
  Family ID	F5834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Also Duke of Naples, after he blinded and deposed his brother Sergio II in 878. In this usurpation he was initially supported by Pope John VIII, who wished to break the Neapolitan friendship with the Muslim world. However, in 879, John excommunicated Atanasio for not having yet broken with the Saracens. This excommunication was lifted before 886, but Atanasio continued to play complex diplomatic and military games with Saracen and Byzantine power. A hellenophile, he is credited with having preserved many Greek manuscripts.

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler.