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	Walter of the Mill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Walter of the Mill, Italianised as Gualtiero Offamiglio or Offamilio and Latinised as Ophamilius (subsequently Anglicised as Ophamil), was the archdeacon of Cefalù, dean of Agrigento, and archbishop of Palermo (1168–1191), called il primo ministro.
		According to Hugo Falcandus, Walter succeeded "less by election than by violent intrusion." Nevertheless, without the support of the queen regent or of the influential Thomas Becket, his faction bribed Pope Alexander III into confirming his election and he was consecrated in the Cathedral of Palermo on 28 September.
		Walter began the construction of a new cathedral in Palermo at this time, to counter the effects of the beautiful Monreale, the new mausoleum of the Hauteville dynasty.
	wikipedia.org /wiki/Walter_Ophamil (552 words)

	Cathedral of Palermo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The church was erected in 1185 by Walter Ophamil (or Walter of the Mill), the Anglo-norman archbishop of Palermo and King William II's minister, on the area of an earlier Byzantine basilica.
		Ophamil is buried in a sarcophagus in the church's crypt.
		The Cathedral Treasury contains goblets, vestments, monstrances, a 14th century breviary and the famous Crown of Constance of Sicily, a golden tiara found in her tomb in 1491.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palermo_Cathedral (990 words)

	Leaden Bull (seal) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		eal affixed to a deed witnessing to the transfer of the royal tombs by Walter, archbishop of Palermo, during reconstruction of the cathedral, which began under him in 1185.
		The lead seal or "bull" shows on the obverse the Madonna and Child, to whom the cathedral is dedicated, and on the reverse a symbolic representation of the monument.
		The document to which it is attached is one of the rare contemporary archives of the cathedral reconstruction and was issued by one of the most powerful personages of the court of William II (1166-1189), Archbishop Walter Ophamil.
	www.mondes-normands.caen.fr /angleterre/archeo/Italie/pouvoir/025.htm (135 words)

	William II: the familiares regis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Stephen of Perche became the principal instigator of the inner council and after he left, Margaret of Navarre had to count on a new cabinet of ten people, under the direction of Gentilis of Agrigente.
		Walter Ophamil, who became the archbishop of Palermo and Matthew of Aiello, vice-chancellor, were the dominant personalities of this government.
		Matthew would support Tancrede of Lecce, illegitimate descendent of the Hautevilles, against Henry VI, the German emperor, Constance of Hauteville’s husband, William I’s aunt.
	www.mondes-normands.caen.fr /angleterre/histoires/medit/8/medit8_4.htm (207 words)

	M221
		He was just 13 at the death of his father William I, and was placed under the regency of his mother, Marguerite of Navarre.
		Until he came of age in 1171, the government was controlled first by the chancellor Stephen of Perche, cousin of Marguerite until 1168, and then by Walter Ophamil, archbishop of Palermo, and Matthew d'Ajello, the vice-chancellor.
		William preferred a life of pleasure in his palace at Palero but also liked to dabble in foreign policy.
	www.forumancientcoins.com /historia/coins/m1/m221.htm (414 words)

	Europe's 12th-Century Development by Sanderson Beck
		On August 2, 1100 William was killed by an arrow, probably shot by Walter Tirel of Poix.
		The young king's tutor Walter Ophamil was made archbishop of Palermo; with the help of Matthew of Ajello he was able to promote the rule of King William II when he came of age.
		Crusading Richard from England complained that Joan was being deprived of her inheritance and forced Tancred to give her 20,000 ounces of gold and himself the same amount in exchange for upholding Tancred's rule.
	www.san.beck.org /AB20-Europe12thCentury.html (23248 words)

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