He signed immediately after the bishop, Everard, and the archpriest, Gezzo, indicating his position in the ecclesiastical hierarchy of Parma at that time.
[1] Both Bonizo of Sutri in his Liber ad amicum and Donizo in his Vita Mathildis refer to him simply as "the cleric Roland", Rolandus clericus, when discussing the episode of 1076.
[5] Roland arrived in Rome just before the Lenten synod (14–22 February), and Gregory had the letter from Henry IV read out at the first session.
[6] According to the account of Bonizo, Roland so enraged the assembly that Gregory had to intervene to save his life and end the session.
[10] On 25 June 1080, Roland signed the decree of the council of Brixen against Gregory VII, adding beside his name the word libentissime, "freely".