SOUTH ITALY, THE FORCIBLY LATINIZATION/ CATHOLICIZATION ( Sicily, Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata and Campania)., FROM 12 TO 16 CENTURY aC.

HISTORY IS NOT A SINGLE NARRATIVE. BUT MANY. THAT IS WHY ONE MUST READ THEM ALL, BEFORE FORMING AN OPINION. *** LA STORIA NON È UN'UNICA NARRAZIONE. MA MOLTE. PER QUESTO, BISOGNA LEGGERLE TUTTE PRIMA DI FORMARE UN'OPINIONE. The Concordat of 1059. The beginning of the end for Magno Greeks. At the end of August 1059, the Bavarian Gerardo de Chelone (Pope Nicholas II ) convended "council" in Melfi di Potenza. He was accompanied by the infamous Cardinal Hildebrando di Soana (the future Gregory VII) and an impressive entourage of cardinals, bishops, and abbots. The reason for all this pomp? The stipulation of a Concordat with the Norman barons engaged in the conquest of southern Italy. By displaying the Constitutum Constantini "The Pope sent inquisitors to southern Italy to investigate the Greeks, and if they had found any who did not adhere to the Latin doctrine, they would have had to burn him at the stake..." (Anonymous Calabrese of the 12th century, code Vatic.gr.316