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Caffaro Di Caschifellone
Genoese historian and soldier
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Caffaro Di Caschifellone (born c. 1080—died 1166) was a Genoese soldier, statesman, diplomat, and crusader who wrote chronicles that are important sources for the history of the First Crusade and of 12th-century Genoa. A member of a noble family descended from the viscounts who ruled Genoa in the early Middle Ages, Caffaro fought in the siege of Caesarea, north of Jerusalem (1101), at which time he began to keep a yearly record of Genoese history. Five times consul of the Genoese commune, he also served as ambassador to the pope, to the kings of Barcelona and Castile, and to the ...(100 of 231 words)