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| 570 births | |
| 628 deaths | |
| lombard people | |
| italian queen consorts | |
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She was married first in 588 to Authari , King of the Lombards, son of King Kleph . When he died in 590 , she was allowed to pick (as her next husband, Agilulf ) his successor in 591. She thereafter exerted much influence in restoring Nicene Christianity (that is to say, the ancestor of modern Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy ) to a position of primacy in Italy against its rival, Arian Christianity . After the conversion of Authari to the Catholic faith, she started building churches in Lombardy and Tuscany , among them the cathedral of Monza and the first Baptistery of Florence. They were all dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. EXTERNAL LINK
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