, the son of Garsia, a celebrated physician of the twelfth century,
, the son of Garsia, a celebrated physician
of the twelfth century, became one of the professors of
Salerno, where he studied. His reputation soon extended throughout the whole kingdom of Naples, and even to
Sicily, to which he was invited by the emperor Henry VI.
then afflicted with a dangerous complaint. Alcadinus cured
him, and was appointed his physician in ordinary, an office
which he continued to hold under his son Frederic II. For
this prince, when young, he composed a series of Latin epigrams, in elegiac verse, entitled “De Balneis Puteolanis,
”
which were first printed in a collection under the title of
“De Balneis omnibus quae extant apud Graecos et Arabes,
”
Venice, De Balneis Puteolorum, Bajorum et Pithecusarum,
” which was printed in 8vo,
Naples, De triumphis
Henrici imperatoris.
” 2. “De his quae a Frederico II.
imperatore, prseclare et fortiter gesta sunt.
” The time of
his death is not ascertained.