Frederick II of Swabia
PHOTOGALLERY
Frederick II of Swabia, a monarch indelibly linked to the city,
a symbol that can not be separated from the hatred and love that accompanied his figure
Frederick II was "... the beast that rises from the sea, full of blasphemous names, and raging with the bear’s paw and the lion’s mouth, informed in the remaining limbs like a leopard opens his mouth to offense of the Holy Name without ceasing to throw the same spear on the tabernacle of God and On the Saints who live in the heavens..." How did Pope Gregory IX or "the saviour sent by God, the prince of peace, the messiah-emperor" as his great executioner, logoteta, initiated to the mysteries of the East?
If these words were matured in the political agone of the thirteenth century, it is equally true that even today, albeit with changed arguments, The most respected historians continue to debate about a character of which until now no one has been able to provide a completely convincing historical and human representation.