Michael Spondyles

Michael Spondyles (Greek: Μιχαὴλ Σπονδύλης, Italian: Michele Sfrondilo) was a Byzantine patrician and duke who ruled first Antioch, before it was lost to the Seljuk Turks, and then Apulia and Calabria, all that was left of Byzantine Italy before its Norman Conquest. Michael arrived in Bari in 1038 to help lead the Sicilian expedition of George Maniaches. He probably replaced Constantinos Opos as catepan before Nikephoros Doukeianos could take over the post the next year (1039).