this he did, on 26 march 1026, at milan, for the traditional seat of lombard coronations, pavia, was still in revolt against imperial authority. he journeyed to rome a year later for the imperial coronation of conrad by pope john xix on 26 march 1027; at a synod at the lateran he negotiated a decision of the precedence of the archdiocese of milan over that of ravenna. he subsequently joined an imperial military expedition into the kingdom of arles, which conrad inherited upon the death in 1032 of rudolph iii of burgundy, but which was contested by odo.