Pataria
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The pataria was an eleventh-century religious movement in the Archdiocese of Milan, aimed at reforming the clergy and ecclesiastic government in the province.
The pataria was partially the result of church reform movements like the Peace and Truce of God and partially of the social situation in Milan. The influence of southern French movements, such as the Peace and Truce and Catharism, affected the pataria. The subsequent popularity of the Cathar movement in Milan during the twelfth century was resultant of the pataria.
The chief targets of the patarini were the rich, saecular, aristocratic landowners and the simoniacal and nicolaitan clergy. The morals of the clergy were attacked, too, as was monastic discipline. The archbishop Guido da Velate was a particular victim of the patarini. He did not fulfill his vows to fight simony and was forced to resign. The Ambrosian see fell into schism and war until Anselm III reestablished order. The movement received the support of Popes Alexander II and Gregory VII. It was led first by Landulf, subdeacon of Milan, and by Ariald, later by Erlembald, Landulf's brother. He transferred the movement from one primarily socioreligious to principally military.
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