Asclettin (Sicilian chancellor)

Asclettin or Aschettin (Latin: Asclettinus, Asclittinus, Aschetinus, Italianised as Asclettino, Asclittino, or Ascontino), Archdeacon of Catania (1145 – 1156)^[1] and chancellor of Sicily (March or April 1155 – before April 1156),^[2] was an Italo-Norman officer serving William I of Sicily.

In 1156, he was imprisoned in Palermo for treason.

References

1. The history of the tyrants of Sicily by "Hugo Falcandus," 1154-69, By Ugo Falcando, G. A. Loud, Thomas E. J. Wiedemann.
2. The administration of the Norman kingdom of Sicily , By Hiroshi Takayama.

Sources

• The history of the tyrants of Sicily by "Hugo Falcandus," 1154-69. By Ugo Falcando, G. A. Loud, Thomas E. J. Wiedemann. Manchester University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-7190-5435-4
• The administration of the Norman kingdom of Sicily. By Hiroshi Takayama. Brill, 1993. ISBN 90-04-09865-8
• Norwich, John Julius. The Kingdom in the Sun, 1130-1194. Longmans. London, 1970. ISBN 978-0-582-12735-7