Arnulf belonged to the Milanese nobility.[3] He was elected on 16 December 970 to succeed
Walpert, who had died on 9 November.[4][5] He was the great uncle of the chronicler
Arnulf of Milan,[1][2] who describes him as "truly declining evil and doing good" (
Latinvere declinans a malo et faciens bonum).[5] The only recorded act from his three years and four months as archbishop is his attendance at
Otto I's placitum (court) in Milan on 30 July 972.[3][6] On that occasion, in the palace attached to the
basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, Otto granted a privilege to the
monastery of Bobbio "with the licence and permission of the archbishop Arnulf" (de licentia et permissione archiepiscopi Arnulphi).[5] This may indicate that Arnulf held
comital (public) authority in Milan and its contado (district).[5]
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abBrian Stock (1983), The Implications of Literacy: Written Language and Models of Interpretation in the 11th and 12th Centuries (Princeton University Press), p. 163.
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abGerhard Schwartz (1913), Die Besetzung der Bistümer Reichsitaliens unter den sächsischen und salischen Kaisern mit den Listen der Bischöfe, 951–1122 (B. G. Teubner), p. 76.
^Enrico Besta (1954), "Età ottoniana", Storia di Milano, Vol. 2: Dalla invasione dei barbari all'apogeo del governo vescovile, 493–1002 (Fondazione Treccani degli Alfieri per la storia di Milano), p. 480.
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abcdeEnrico Cattaneo (1989), Terra di Sant'Ambrogio: la Chiesa milanese nel primo millennio (Vita e Pensiero), p. 221.