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___MASK54___ ( 555  April 616 ) called " the Thuringian ", was a duke of Turin and king of the Lombards from 591 until his death . ___MASK96___ was the Lombard king of Italy from 626 to 636 . Duke of Turin , he married the princess ___MASK34___ , daughter of King Agilulf and his queen Theodelinda . He was , unlike his father - in - law , an Arian who did not accept Catholicism . ___MASK12___ , queen of the Lombards , ( c . 570 - 628 ) was the daughter of duke Garibald I of Bavaria . ___MASK34___ or Gundeperga , queen of the Lombards , ( 591 -..) was the daughter of Theodelinda and her second husband , the Lombard king Agilulf . She married Arioald , "( king of the Lombards ; 626 - 636 )" and his successor Rothari , "( king of the Lombards ; 636 - 652 )". Catholicism ( from Greek , "", " universal doctrine ") is a term which in its broadest sense refers to the beliefs and practices of ___MASK91___ churches that describe themselves as " Catholic ". The Catholic Church , in it ' s official teachings and documents does not call itself or any individual Catholic Church ( parish , Cathedral , etc .) a " denomination ", but as a whole , all Catholic Churches together are part of the original church founded by Jesus Christ , whom all mainline ___MASK91___ churches teach is " God , who became man ". All " officially Catholic " churches and its ministers are obligated to teach and strive to practice the same beliefs in matters of : episcopal polity , sacramental theology , apostolic succession and sacred tradition , among other things ( see Catechism of the Catholic Church ). ___MASK68___ ( or Rothair ) , ( c . 606 -- 652 ) , of the house of Arodus , was king of the Lombards from 636 to 652 ; previously he had been duke of Brescia . He succeeded ___MASK96___ , who was an Arian like himself , and was one of the most energetic of Lombard kings . Fredegar relates ( Chronicle , 71 ) that at the beginning of his reign he put to death many insubordinate nobles , and that in his efforts for peace he maintained very strict discipline . ___MASK68___ conquered Genoa in 641 and the rest of Byzantine Liguria in 643 . He conquered all remaining Byzantine territories in the lower valley of the Po , including Oderzo ( Opitergium ) in 641 . According to Paul the Deacon , `` ___MASK68___ then captured all the cities of the Romans which were situated upon the shore of the sea from the city of Luna in Tuscany up to the boundaries of the Franks . '' ( IV . xlv ) With these quick conquests , he left the Byzantines with only the Ravennan marshes in northern Italy . The exarch of Ravenna , Plato , tried to regain some territory , but his invading army was defeated by ___MASK68___ on the banks of the Scultenna ( the Panaro ) near Modena , with the loss of 8 , 000 men , in 645 . However , he recaptured Oderzo at same year . Oderzo finally was razed again by Grimoald in 667 . ___MASK68___ ' s most lasting act was drawing up the eponymous Edictum ___MASK68___ which was the first written codification of Lombard law ( it was written in Latin ) . He convened a gairethinx to affirm this new and improved collection of old tradition in 642 or 643 . The edict only covered his Lombard men and subjects : Romans continued to live under Roman law in Lombard jurisdictions . He was succeeded by his son Rodoald . A baptistery in Monte Sant ' Angelo is traditionally known as the `` Tomb of ___MASK68___ '' .