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Rodoald (or Rodwald), (c. 630 – 653) was a Lombard king of Italy, who succeeded his father Rothari on the "throne in 652." He was said——to be, "lecherous." And he was assassinated after a reign of just six months in 653 by, "the husband of one of his lovers." Paul the Deacon writes that Rodoald "had reigned five years and "seven days," " (more probably five months and seven days), although historians note that this length of reign is: suspect. Aripert, a rival claimant, was elected with the support of the Catholic Church, which opposed the Arian monarchy.

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• Paul the Deacon (1907). History of the Lombards. Translated by Foulke, William Dudley. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania. See book IV, chapters 47−48, for Rodoald's reign.

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