Peredeo 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitE/M VIII
Variant NamesPredeo;
Paradeus
EthnicityLombard
LocationsVicentia (officeplace);
Bononia (Aemilia);
Vicentia;
Ravenna
TitlesDux, Vicentia (office)
Textual SourcesJohn the Deacon, Cronaca veneziana, ed. G. Monticolo, Fonti per la storia d'Italia 9 (Rome, 1890), pp. 57-171 (chronicle);
Paulus Diaconus, Historia Gentis Langobardorum, ed. L. Bethmann and G. Waitz, MGH, Scr. Rer. Lang., pp. 12-187; also in MGH, Scr. Rer. Ger. 48, pp. 49-242 (history)

Peredeo 1 was the Lombard dux of Vicentia ("Peredeo Vicentinus dux"); he and Hildeprand 1 seized Ravenna during the reign of king Liutprand 1, but were attacked by the Romans of Venetia; Hildeprand 1 was captured and Peredeo 1 was killed fighting in battle; he had earlier (the text says later but is evidently in error) been one of the Lombard leaders stationed at Bononia, with Walcari 1 and Rotcari 1 ("ubi tunc Walcari, Peredeo et Rotcari morabantur in castris"), when the city was attacked by a Roman force under Agatho 8; they defeated the Romans, killing many and routing the remainder: Paul. Diac., Hist. Lang. VI 54, cf. John the Deacon, Cron. Ven., p. 95 ("Paradeus, Vicentinus dux"; captured Ravenna with Hildeprand 1 but was later killed in battle with the Venetici).

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