A stratigotus was a judicial official in mediaeval southern Italy. The position is documented from Norman times until at least 1239, from only a small number of cities, including Amalfi, Messina, Naples, Salerno and Santa Caterina, Calabria.[1] The word is of onomastic derivation.[1]

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  1. 1 2 Beatrice Pasciuta (2005). Stratigotus (in Italian). Enciclopedia Federiciana. Roma: Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed September 2015.
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