Lodovico della Torre

His family had included several patriarchs of Aquileia: his great-uncle Raimondo della Torre (1273–1299), and his distant cousins Pagano (1319–1332) and Cassono (1316–1318).

A certain Benvenuto of Udine tried to prevent the appointment, claiming that the family della Torre had taken part in the murder of Patriarch Bertram of St. Genesius.

Against all these powers, Lodovico had to fight very hard to be appointed, but with Pope Innocent VI's support, he succeeded.

After a long time of peace, Rudolf of Habsburg planned in July 1361 to attack Aquileia.

There was yet another reason – the emperor was planning a channel between the Danube and the Vltava in order to simplify trade between Venice and Prague.

With the appointment of the next Patriarch, Marquard of Randeck, the emperor’s candidate, the situation was stabilised.