Erlembald

In 1063, he returned from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and intended to become a monk when the deacon Ariald convinced him to take his brother's place at the head of the pataria.

On his return to Milan, he revealed the change in the character of the pataria by living in a palace near the church of Saint Victor and the Forty Martyrs.

With papal permission he began imposing his will by force on the clergy, by deposing abbots and proceeding against the bishop, Guido da Velate.

Strong opposition from the German court evaporated suddenly in 1073 when Henry was troubled by revolts in Saxony and had to cede his rights in Milan to Pope Gregory VII.

At this, the height of his power, a fire broke out in the city in April 1075, destroying Milan's cathedral, and was interpreted as divine punishment for supporting the controversial pataria.

From 6 to 26 May in 1095, Pope Urban II was present at Milan for the transferral of the relics of the canonised Erlembald to S. Dionigi.