Leo Perenos (

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: Λέων Περενός) was a

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governor ('' doux'') of Dyrrhachium, and the penultimate

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. In April 1064, as the ''doux'' of Dyrrhachium, Perenos provided military and financial aid to

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, the Norman Count of Mentescaglioso, who was revolting against his uncle, Duke

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of the Apulia and Calabria. In 1068, the incumbent Catepan of Italy,

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, died. Perenos was appointed as his replacement. The capital of the Catepanate,

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, had been besieged by the Normans. However, Perenos could not provide a relief mission, as he was unable to cross the sea.

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''. * 11th-century catepans of Italy Byzantine governors of Dyrrhachium Byzantine people of the Byzantine–Norman wars {{Byzantine-bio-stub