He was the most devout father of orphans, founder of the holy church of Bari [the new cathedral], guard and defender of the whole city, and terrible and fearless against all Greeks
qui fuit piissimus pater orfanorum, et fundator sanctae ecclesiae Barensis, et cunctae urbis custos ac defensor, atque terribilis et sine metu contra omnes Graecos. Annales Barenses 54.2-6