Christopher or Christophoros Burgaris was the short-tenured successor of the famous Basil Boiannes as catepan of Italy. Basil III, called Boioannes ( Βασίλειος Βοϊωάννης) in Greek and Bugiano in Italian, was the Byzantine The Catepanate (or Catapanate) of Italy ( Greek:) was a province of the Byzantine Empire, comprising mainland Italy south of a line drawn from The chronicler Lupus Protospatharius gives the date of Boiannes' departure as 1029, but modern historian Ferdinand Chalandon corrects this to 1027. Lupus Protospatharius Barensis was the reputed author of the Chronicon rerum in regno Neapolitano gestarum, a precise history of the Mezzogiorno from 805 This synchronises with the death of Guaimar III of Salerno, though other events associated with it are known to have occurred in 1028. Guaimar III (also Waimar, Gaimar, Guaimaro, or Guaimario and sometimes numbered Guaimar IV (c Lupus, however, misplaces the election of Byzantius as archbishop of Bari, which occurred before 1025, in this year and therefore his whole chronology for the period seems to be in error, in our manuscripts at least. Christophoros saw the recommencement of the Saracen incursions. Saracen was a term used by Europeans in the Middle Ages for Fatimids at first then later for all who professed the religion of Islam. In 1027, Obbiano capitulated and Bari had to repel and assault. Bari ( Barium in Latin, Bàrion or Vàrion in Greek, Bare in Neapolitan Christophoros was out of power by 1029. He was replaced by Pothos, under whom the Saracen attacks continued. Pothos Argyros (also Argyrus Potone Argiro was the Catepan of Italy during the eventful years of 1029 to 1031
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- Chalandon, Ferdinand. Histoire de la domination normande en Italie et en Sicilie. Paris, 1907. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year
| Preceded by Basil Boioannes |
Catepan of Italy 1027–1029 |
Succeeded by Pothos Argyros |