Career
He was from Friuli and was a relative of the dukes there, maybe a nephew of Zotto, his predecessor. He was appointed by King Agilulf in the spring of 591, after Zotto"s death. He conquered Capua and Venafro in the Campania and areas of the Basilicata and Calabria.
He failed to take Naples after a siege (Zotto had failed likewise), but he took Salerno by the late 620s.
