Asclettin (Sicilian chancellor) explained

Asclettin or Aschettin (Latin: Asclettinus, Asclittinus, Aschetinus, Italianised as Asclettino, Asclittino, or Ascontino), Archdeacon of Catania (1145  - 1156)^[1] and chancellor of Sicily (March or April 1155  - before April 1156),^[2] was an Italo-Norman officer serving William I of Sicily.

In 1156, he was imprisoned in Palermo for treason.

References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=LlkpnG1iAEwC&dq=Asclettin+Archdeacon+1145&pg=PA277 The history of the tyrants of Sicily by "Hugo Falcandus," 1154-69
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=aXZe71Z4nEkC&dq=chancellor%20aschettin&pg=RA1-PA107 The administration of the Norman kingdom of Sicily

Sources

• The history of the tyrants of Sicily by "Hugo Falcandus," 1154-69. By Ugo Falcando, G. A. Loud, Thomas E. J. Wiedemann. Manchester University Press, 1998.
• The administration of the Norman kingdom of Sicily. By Hiroshi Takayama. Brill, 1993.
• Norwich, John Julius. The Kingdom in the Sun, 1130-1194. Longmans. London, 1970.