Duke Sico of Benevento ~ Prince of Benevento

     Duke Sico of Benevento ~ Prince of Benevento was born circa 758.¹ Sico became, in 817, the Lombard Prince of Benevento on the assassination of Grimoald IV.¹ Sico tried to extend the principality at the expense of Byzantium. He besieged Naples at an unknown date, but could not take the city. He did, however, remove the body of the Neapolitan patron saint, Januarius, who was originally from Benevento.¹ He died in 832.

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